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...getting closer to folk music and blues, and really simple forms of pop music...I keep listening to Hank Williams Records and some Mary J. Blige Records, R&B Records and they’re so simple and straightforward, and I keep wondering why can’t I write a song that’s just like, “Hi, I dig you, do you dig me? Let’s go get drunk, I’m really sad.” Doughty covered Blige’s 1992 hit “Real Love?...
While Foley originally contracted to write the book himself, he says he needed someone “down on the ground” to co-write. That’s where Redd, who conveniently is female and did well on her SATs, came into the picture. Redd regularly works as a freelance writer for educational websites, including that of the Princeton Review, and one of her editors mentioned Foley’s quest for a co-author. “The editor and I had only communicated via e-mail and one day she sent me an e-mail asking...
...want to write about the half of Harvard love-life no one acknowledges but is almost always on our minds. The talk. Who’s dating whom, who did what where and often WHY? Harvard’s gossip network is alive and well. Most of the time, we don’t even notice the extent to which conversations about love monopolize our time. If you don’t believe me, try the following experiment: think about the last five fairly lengthy conversations you’ve had with friends. The odds are that at least...
...quite soon: college (where I learned the value of getting eight hours’ sleep and three square meals a week), big business (a field in which I quickly earned the title of “Corporate Pariah”), self-searching travels (during which I tried to write the Great American Novel and finished not even the Great American Paragraph) and completion of an advanced degree...
...inspiration comes from reading the newspaper and watching people walk around in New York City. “People are always saying, ‘Your stories are so crazy,’” Budnitz says, “but I always feel like nothing I write is as crazy as what is happening in the world...