John Kelly and Paul Lisicky on storytelling, subversion, and a voice that still breaks our hearts—Joni Mitchell.

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Paul Lisicky on choosing your mentors, pushing against cynicism, & finitude in art

"Life demands so much patience of us—it’s ridiculous. I don’t think there’s all that much to control it unless you force a relationship, and I think people do that all the time..."

I write because I want to be in another place, out of my chair, looking up at trees.

What a February it has been, a February that has felt more like a year (or three) than a month, a February in which it seems as though every day has yielded new political emergencies and embarrassm…

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What a February it has been, a February that has felt more like a year (or three) than a month, a February in which it seems as though every day has yielded new political emergencies and embarrassm…

Each story makes a life out of bent notes, new chords, silences, and broken strings

What a life-giving joy is a new book from Paul Lisicky! People say that flippantly all the time but in this case it’s really true: life-giving because Lisicky’s work is an aliveness factory, pumpin…