The announcement appeared on the refrigerator: “A Brazilian Television Show Is Here at 2 p.m. Today to Do a Segment on Paragraph. Anyone Interested in Being Interviewed, Tell Lila.” The Brazilians didn’t arrive until three, I observed as I pretended to read a book in the corner of the lunchroom. They bustled in fresh and […]
Day 240: Brazilian TV Meets the American Writer
February 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Entertainment · Personalities · Schmoozing · Sights & Scenes
Day 64: Writers Erase Editors, 9-2
August 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Yesterday Paragraph, my writing community, took on the editors of New York magazine for a semi-friendly game of softball, the city’s scribes being loosely affiliated into a league and this game, in the sunny and mild week before Labor Day, being the season’s final inning. Team Paragraph arrived early at East River Park (no bosses […]
Tags: Schmoozing · Sports
Day 18: Shhhh! Writers at Work
July 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Today I reported for my first session at Paragraph, a haven for writers that sits above a funky lamp store near Union Square. New York is a city of extremes and Paragraph occupies its own special niche: It is a very, very quiet place.
Tags: Schmoozing · The Rat Race