Curious about what its like to write at a residency or needing a nudge to apply and attend one again? Here’s an excerpt from your salonniere’s last days at The MacDowell Colony this January. Original post can be found here. This place serves something like a training camp for creative types turned athletes. Here we […]
Let’s not be sad about Sunday’s outcome. San Francisco is still a city to be proud of because it’s home to winning readers & writers, some of whom will be reading their work, myself included, Saturday, March 2, 7:30pm at Cantina SF. Aside from a stellar roster, Cantina SF serves some tasty cocktails. Below are […]
Gradually a thought had begun to niggle in his mind: the ragas had no composer. Where did they come from; and why was no one bothered that the question didn’t have an answer? Indian music had no Bach, no Beethoven–why was that? Instinctively, privately, in a confused way, as he looked evening after evening out […]
What are your own plans–asked Nirmalya–partly because they were at the stage of their lives when “plans” were important, when everyone around him was working overtime on a sifting and sorting out of destinies; but also because he’d reached that age when he was curious whether old, rapidly anachronistic friendships could be turned into alliances, […]
