Articles by Bill Morris
July 26, 2011
Staff Pick: The Real State of America Atlas 2
Where The Real State of America Atlas truly shines is in its demolition of the notion – the enduring fantasy – that America is a land of equal opportunity.
July 14, 2011
Having trouble falling asleep at night? 2
Madhu Kaza, a “writer, artist and educator,” has a possible solution for you. She’ll come into your home 15 minutes before bedtime and sit in a chair beside your bed and read to you from your favorite books until you fall asleep. Then she’ll let herself out and lock the door behind her. The free [...]
July 8, 2011
The Art and Science of Collaboration 8
When someone reads your rough draft, it’s like letting them see you half-dressed. It’s about arriving at a level of intellectual comfort – or having faith in the process. In a successful collaboration, both people feel like they did less than half the work.
June 23, 2011
D.M.V.: An Incomplete List of Writers Who Met Death by Motor Vehicle 22
Is it my imagination, or do an inordinate number of writers die in motor vehicle accidents?
June 16, 2011
NYPL Gets Trippy 0
The New York Public Library has bought psychedelic guru Timothy Leary’s papers. The 335 boxes contain journals, videotapes, photographs and thousands of letters from avid trippers, including Allen Ginsberg, Aldous Huxley, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey and, yes, Cary Grant.
June 3, 2011
Geoff Dyer, Gate-Crasher and Dragonfly 4
It was as though I’d been drawn to the Phillips de Pury auction house to visually complete the circuit of learning begun by Dyer’s revelatory writings. Which is not to say I wound up agreeing with everything Dyer had to say. Far from it.
