Tag Archives: writers

A Headstone for an Aunt: How Alice Walker Found Zora Neale Hurston

Posted on 5 February 2013 by

By Geo Ong                                                    & when we woke, dear reader, we’d landed in a city of … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Black History Month Three Right Ways

Posted on 4 February 2013 by

February is Black History Month, and what better way for the Urchin Movement to celebrate it than by highlighting three of our favourite, most influential writers? These figures, three out of many, are Urchinspirations to us as they most likely … Continue reading →

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That’s What They Said: An Extended Edition

Posted on 8 January 2013 by

By Geo Ong    Included in Truman Capote’s collection Music for Chameleons is a charmingly self-indulgent piece titled ‘Nocturnal Turnings,’ in which Capote, unable to fall asleep one night, conducts an interview with himself. The self-interview maintains a high level … Continue reading →

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Here I Go Again: The Onset of New Travel Writing

Posted on 13 December 2012 by

By Geo Ong The epigraph of (the wonderfully-named) William Least Heat-Moon’s forthcoming collection of travel essays comes from an overheard conversation involving a New York City waitress called Dolores, in 2001, who said: I live downtown and I work uptown. … Continue reading →

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On Motivation

Posted on 11 October 2012 by

By Geo Ong Part of being a practicing writer is making sure you are always motivated. Inspiration and motivation are two different things but they can often be closely linked. One can feel inspired all the time and never write … Continue reading →

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Initial Thoughts on ‘Glitter in the Blood’

Posted on 2 October 2012 by

By Geo Ong As the title suggests, these are my initial thoughts on Mindy Nettifee’s new book, Glitter in the Blood: A Poet’s Manifesto for Better, Braver Writing. I enjoy hearing and reading about what other writers think about writing. … Continue reading →

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Mothers: Inspiring the Artist

Posted on 10 May 2012 by

Any writers, painters, or musicians out there who couldn’t have done it without the support of their mom? For so many of us artists, Mom was the person who told us we were the next Monet, even when our crayon … Continue reading →

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Oh, the Places We Write!

Posted on 7 May 2012 by

Part of being a writer is being prepared to write whenever and wherever the urge/necessity strikes. For us, this has meant some pretty interesting places. Be it for a weekly Urchin meetings, writing an article, or just jotting down some … Continue reading →

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That’s What They Said

Posted on 5 May 2012 by

It is a wild thing, how we love so strong after all the years of so much being taken. —Aracelis Girmay ‘Epistolary Dream Poem After Finding a Schoolbook Map’ from Teeth Love takes off the masks that we fear we … Continue reading →

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This Isn’t Working: Real Talk About the Relationship Between Books and Movies

Posted on 26 April 2012 by

By Geo Ong The two book series that everyone seems to be reading these days are The Hunger Games trilogy and the Fifty Shades trilogy. I’d rather not discuss either one, but as this article’s title suggests, we need to … Continue reading →

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