by Andi | May 5, 2015 | Andi's Book, Slavery, Written and Wrought
This afternoon, I am tucking myself into the underground irony of sunlight in the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia. This endeavor – this research about Brackett’s Farm in Louisa County, Virginia – fits in that space,... by Andi | May 2, 2015 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
You know how you sometimes just like somebody from the get-go. That’s how I feel about Erica Wright, and that feeling only deepened when I read her advice to writers at the end of this interview. I think you’re going to like her (and want to buy her... by Andi | May 1, 2015 | God's Whisper, Slavery, Written and Wrought
Many poets are not poets for the same reasons many religious [people] are not saints: they never succeed in being themselves. They never get around to being the particular poet or the particular monk they are intended to be by God. They never become the [person] or... by Andi | Apr 28, 2015 | Written and Wrought
When I was dating a man who had a serious alcohol addiction, when I was letting myself be called names and coming home to find him passed out and unable to be awakened, when I was crying every night because I could not find my way out, I did some less than stellar... by Andi | Apr 26, 2015 | animals, Barn, Garden, God's Whisper
Last night, we got one of those soaking rains that have – despite that it seems impossible – made the grass even greener today. The garden has grown inches over night, it seems, and the pasture streams that mostly hide themselves have made a fresh...