Daily Archives: September 11, 2021
30 Years of Being a Professional Writer
Posted on September 11, 2021 25 Comments
On the same day that “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was officially released as the first single off of Nirvana’s Nevermind album, September 10, 1991, I started my first post-college job: Film critic and feature writer for the entertainment section of the Fresno Bee. I had done freelance work before — indeed, I paid for a […]
20 Years of 9/11
Posted on September 11, 2021 34 Comments
In point of fact, these days on 9/11 I don’t tend to think about it much at all, which is I think a healthy thing. It was a national shock and tragedy, and we are still living with many of the things it set into motion. But the day itself was twenty years ago now, […]
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