Will Harrison
Will Harrison
long form
Short things are short all over and long things are long all over.
ideas made situation
So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such a situation because no one in our family ever had any money.
travel reality perception
After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world don't have the same perception of reality that we do.
criticism used novel
I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.
new-york cities paris
I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago.
book poetry firsts
I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book of poems.
drama two michigan
Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast.
literature publishing concepts
Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.
sex writing ethnicity
Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish to be.
literature france harvard
There is a neurologist, a woman over at Harvard who wanted me to come talk to them, and in France I have a lot of readers in the sciences. I can't tell you why.
fate justice hardship
Fate has never ladled out hardship very evenly, and this frequently trips our often infantile sense of justice.
gun car detroit
Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.
writing michigan states
I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's the place I know best.
years doe psychotherapy
I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26 years now.