Tag: Michael Chabon

AWP Nugget: Takeaways from Nobel Laureates Seamus Heaney and Derek Walcott

On By Patrick RossIn AWP, Bacon, Creativity, Inspiration, Writing11 Comments

BOSTON -- If you're given an hour to sit down and listen to two Nobel-Prize-winning writers, you do so. I am still in my infancy when it comes to my understanding and appreciation of poetry and poets, but I made a point to attend the Thursday evening 8:30 pm keynote with Seamus Heaney and Derek …

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Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

On By Patrick RossIn Art, Creativity, Innovation, Writing2 Comments

While away at my MFA residency I'm highlighting posts from early in this blog's life, posts not seen by most current readers of the Artist's Road blog. Are you ever asked "Where do you get your ideas?" It's a difficult question for most creatives to answer. In the October post below I described how Pulitzer-prize …

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