Labels and Charlottesville | Karen Kao
This week marks the second anniversary of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. You remember: neo-Nazis, torches, one fatality and a US President claiming “You also had some very fine people on both sides.” Bullshit. But that's not what this post is about. It's about labels, how we use them and, perhaps, how they use us. This is what I wrote on my own blog Shanghai Noir in the days following this horror show. last week I ran into an article by Lan Samantha Chang entitled Writers, Protect Your Inner Life . Sam’s day job is director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. When school’s out, she gives writing workshops in Paris (2014) and Napa (2016). At Napa, Sam gave a craft lecture on the interior life. She gave us a handout called “Ways to Nurture Your Inner Life”. 3 of the 14 tips involved getting off social media. I thought her article would cover the same territory but I had missed the subtitle . A Writing Life and a Writing Career Are Tw...