I have numerous books by my bedside- The Art of Losing, an Anthology of Jewish writers, the new book by Billy Collins, a novel by Joanna Rose-BUT I am having a hard time reading anything but essays and op-eds about current events.
I am reading magazines- The Atlantic, The Nation, The New Yorker, The New York Times. Everything else seems peripheral and beside the point. Plus, in these horrible, critical times, I can’t write about anything except what is going on NOW. Just to tell the truth, peel off the layers of secrecy. My goal is to normalize human quirks and oddities and fears-with a bit of humor, perhaps-and a bit of lyricism. Robert Stone, the writer, said writers write to make others feel less lonely. But I feel that revealing the quirks of my humanity is my purpose as a writer. And this piece is also about trusting nature instead of expecting it to be a bully. And the beauty of the Hitchcockian numbers. This caused me to consider the fear, and try to turn it into something more positive–to consider the beauty of the blackness. Thousands and thousands of crows descending upon my neighborhood. This piece, however, was inspired by an external vision. Primarily my inspiration comes from within. Her most recent book is Gold Shoes , a collection of illustrated prose poems. Grabel was a monthly columnist for Another Chicago Magazine. Grabel is a writer IN LOVE with mixing literary genres. Leanne Grabel is the author of ‘Millionth Crow Poem’ featured in Issue 01 Beginning, which can be purchased from our shop.
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