Comments for Writing About Lives

Comment on The Biggest Rat I’ve Ever Seen (Politicians excluded) by Lori B.

Lori B. — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:23:36 +0000

I’m so glad you’re back and that you survived the rat!

Comment on Thank you Rowena!!! by Lori B.

Lori B. — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:59:48 +0000

Samuel,

I am glad you had a nice birthday and that you have good friends to take care of you.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

Comment on Down Time by Bunny DeBarge

Bunny DeBarge — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:34:28 +0000

Hi Samuel my name is Bunny DeBarge. I am with the group DeBarge that was with Motown Record Company in the Mid eighties. I have written a Book called, “The Kept Ones.” It is about my family. Would you be so kind as to contact me when you have a chance. I love your writing! Love Bunny DeBarge

Comment on Down Time by Sara Kiesler

Sara Kiesler — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:37:57 +0000

Miss your writing.

Comment on Munich, Salzburg, Berlin… by henry

henry — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:43:14 +0000

Have fun in Europe, Sam.

Comment on Down Time by Lori B.

Lori B. — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:45:30 +0000

But I love this blog and check it everyday to see what my little friend Samuel is up to.

Comment on Smoke in the hotel room by Phuong

Phuong — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:21:35 +0000

Samuel,
You mean to tell me that you don’t travel with your giant “press” iron? I remember when you first bought it, how proud you were of your crisp dress shirts. To this day, John and I still talk about it. John, who irons his jeans, was so envious when I told him you had bought one. Keep the blog posts coming! Happy travels!
Phuong

Comment on Salzburg is like a Dream by David

David — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:51:20 +0000

Samuel, Reading your postings now is like the begining of a wonderful summer novel. I’m eager to read each installment. What wonders lie in store for you! All the best, David.

Comment on The Last Sanctified Lady, The Last Reading by Rowena

Rowena — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:39:30 +0000

You were awesome! Aunt Freddie Mae would have been proud… I was screaming for you during that testimony! My dad really enjoyed your reading. Where’d you get those sandals, boy? What a ride… a pleasure to have been by your side through it all, my dear friend and brother. We’ve had some great laughs.

Comment on Columbia University MFA faculty – literary surgeons by Sara Kiesler

Sara Kiesler — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:36:22 +0000

How wonderful to hear that your writing has found its soul. To unmask that powerful voice of yours must be so freeing, and I can’t wait to hear how far it takes you.

But I must disagree that imagery can appear in newspaper writing, and does more and more. The push for narrative storytelling has allowed, if not encouraged, journalists to describe our world with all the tools we have..Check out the Washington Post’s “In an Instant, a Junkyard of Humanity,” a first-person account of the bombing of the Iraqi Parliament on April 12.

Sigh. But maybe I am young and still falling for journalism. You helped guide this passion.

Miss being your student