Tag: stephen king

  • Daylight and the Stand — from 58 poems written at 29

    Daylight and the Stand — from 58 poems written at 29

    …anyways authors arm their minds With the rinds of ruined rights and their power To bind black burdens of fears That find them flailing in the ferret holes Of vain environs developers dug Out of stone or stock, steel or river Like holes in holy hearths or the essence of elements like earth. Earning your…

  • The Haven Foundation for Artists

    The Haven Foundation for Artists

    If you make a living full-time off of the arts and have been struck by a debilitating tragedy (or if you fear such an event) you might want to check out The Haven Foundation. The Foundation was formed by Stephen King in order to help artists. In his words: In the summer of 1999, I was struck…

  • Paris Review Art of Fiction List

    Paris Review Art of Fiction List

    Nothing in the last two years has taught me more about storytelling, fiction, and great reading habits than the Art of Fiction series by The Paris Review. I read around two dozen of them before I decided to work systematically from number one until the end. You can just click here to jump ahead to the complete list of over 230 Art…

  • Gunslinger and Good News

    The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed. With that, King opens his seven-part Dark Tower series–an undertaking he originally hoped would create “the largest work of popular fiction in history.” I’m unsure as to what I expected with this one, but I received something else. Perhaps I looked for Tolkien…