Dan received a nice mention in a recent New York Times ArtsBlog interview with poet Ellen Bass. In the May 23 profile of Ellen, “Praise Poems: Ellen Bass Talks About ‘Like a Beggar’,” Ellen called Dan her “greatest inspiration” and a friend since she was five years old. Read the entire interview on the Times ArtsBlog. […]
Poetry: When I becomes we
When “ I” becomes “we” when “they” becomes “us” when “those” people become “my” people when the person in the street with a Styrofoam cup becomes my brother or sister when every hungry child becomes my child then I will cry more and laugh more and love more then I will awaken to the world […]
Poetry: Broken Lives and Open Hearts
When life comes at you bareknuckled and bloodthirsty. And you find yourself lying naked and beaten in an unfamiliar land. And you feel the world is watching you broken and vulnerable. So you hide your anguish, too scared to cry because if you do you might never stop. And everything you thought was true is […]
Tell Me Your Story: An Inspirational Workshop in Writing and Being Human with Ellen Bass and Dan Gottlieb, 3/28/2014
“For, while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard. There isn’t any other tale to tell, it’s the only light we’ve got in all this darkness.” —James Baldwin If you practice writing, medicine, psychology, or simply being […]
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