Writing on craft, culture, and the creative life — by Clifford Brooks and members of the Southern Collective.
The Red Phone Booth creates a swank ambiance where comfort comes naturally. The Atlanta location and their home in Nashville foster an easy space to occupy. Mixologists at the top of their game, gourmet food, a scene…
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Linden Row Inn inspires because of its timely elegance. The elegance harkens back to Edgar Allan Poe. "To Helen" speaks of an ethereal garden. In the garden Poe played as a child. History feels different…
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Poetry is a finicky game. Write what you know. Make it accessible. Treat it like a job. If you don't love what you're writing, no one else will. Show, don't tell. Think about your audience…
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Writing poetry is a soulful craft. If your aim is to write for cathartic or therapeutic ends and then tuck the pages away for private, personal reflection — more power to you. If your goal is to publish…
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Writing is not a miserable lot fraught with loneliness, depression, and rejection. I find the act of writing therapeutic, liberating, and sometimes met with literary rejection. I think "rejection" is the wrong word…
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