Tag: William Blake

My greatest misconception about being a writer when I was growing up was that writers needed to go out and have experiences. I was captivated by Joseph Conrad having been a sailor, Melville having been a whaler, Twain a miner and riverboat pilot, plus Hemingway, and London to name a few. I went out to …

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This interview took me back in a bunch of ways. First as a high school kid who read a lot, introspective, wanting desperately to be a poet. Second as a rock and roller. Third as a young man who wanted to see the world as it really was, infinite and introducing me to William Blake. …

Read More “Driving to see Ray”