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Hi everyone, It's been a long time and I hope you're well. There are a lot of new things at

It's easy to say that songs are like poetry, but I don't think that's always true. I

I've been thinking about all of you. It's been a long time, and a lot's been happening.

I was thinking about Judy Clement Wall's review of If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This. In it,

It's hard to pick favorites, but there are things you'll always keep close. This interview

I'm thinking of when I was younger. I would spend hours in my basement using a portable version

Sometimes I read books about fast times because they show me a world I don't know: the

Everyone has a favorite soundtrack, songs working within a narrative to make it all sing, to make it

There's that old metaphor about what you should do if you're with someone on a boat and the

While working at a bar on the ocean, I've looked at a customer as she asked for another gin and

If your work has been turned down that doesn't mean we didn't like it. Our rejection letters

Lately there's been a lot of talk about loneliness. A couple years ago I saw someone and I didn

We met for coffee and she talked about pain. She told me to imagine I was older, just getting home

Whenever I was in the car with my father we would play music. Sometimes Van Morrison and sometimes

We started a new series, Talking with Women. Roxane Gay was the first to participate; she talks about

I've been writing the best stories of my life. It scares me because it all seems so honest. There

The other day I was talking to someone I had just met. I said I write because it makes feeling alone

Guided by Voices is worth talking about. They started by recording tapes of their songs. Their songs

I just got in from New York. It's been a long week, and a good one. A lot of you sometimes ask

Susannah and I were talking about this old essay by Steve Almond. He says Extremely Loud and

Mud Luscious Press sent us a couple of forthcoming books to review. A pair of UFR contributors are

Thanks to everyone who shared their playlists in December. Hopefully we can run another interactive

We've completed our facelift. Thank you for your feedback, comments and continued support. We

If you haven't seen it yet, check out our new layout and let us know what you think. We're

I've drifted back home to Massachusetts after being in New York for the past few days. Hope you

Earlier this week, I got an e-mail from someone saying she wanted to respond to these newsletters but

Let's build something. Who here likes music? I know Aaron Wolfe does (hi, Aaron). This week, I

We've been overwhelmed by the numbers. Our site has been hit over 11000 times, we're up to