The Near-Sighted Monkey Is At It Again
Lynda Barry has her class syllabus online so you can work along with her students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Go here and scroll down to the bottom, working backwards.
Run don’t walk if you get a chance to take a writing class with Lynda Barry, cartoonist. Her fabulosity quotient is crazy high. Until then, she’s stitched it all up for you in a new book called Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor. Get a copy now, hopefully from your independent bookseller.
A list of short essays about the writers who inspired. I would add dozens to the list, but this morning I’ve been thinking about Jane Rule, who directly inspired me by taking me under her sizable wing, kids in tow, and giving me not just a role model, but a mom.