Writing

Those who traffic in beauty and look for the divine leave themselves open to having the world pulled out from under them. It hardens some people. And it chews up others. And for many, it does both.

Remembering Sam Shepard through the words of Patti Smith, and thinking about the mark my friends and I will make on the world. With a link to Smith’s extraordinary farewell to her friend.

My good friend K has recently entered the blogging arena, and will be posting about her experiences from the back of a motorcycle, the view and the ride and the experience of being a passenger in the best way possible.

I’m pleased to announce that I managed to score a Solas Award for Travel Writing from Traveler’s Tales this year.

Hello readers. The Museum of Americana, who recently published one of my blog pieces, have now published a Q & A with me about my travel writing. You can read it here: https://themuseumofamericana.net/2016/03/28/q-a-with-issue-9-contributor-nick-fox/ More soon…     Interview with the…

Big news, friends and neighbors. The fine folks over at The Museum of Americana, a terrific online literary journal, have published my blog post “On the Trail of Jack London” in the nonfiction section of their latest issue. I’m very…

(photo: Bettmann/CORBIS) You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.  –Jack London He was a dropout, a hobo, an oyster poacher. He was an excellent sailor, a less excellent rancher, a deeply committed socialist,…