Letters to the Editor
robertwt
Published Letters: 2
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The Answer Is No
[Read the article: My husband and I are fighting bitterly over our failing restaurant]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Do men who love and respect their wives actually say "I could kill you" in the heat of an argument and not mean it?"
No. At least not when "I could kill you" is combined with picking up a chair, throwing a laptop, grabbing your arm, and having a gun in the house. You need to get out.
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Merwin's Answer
[Read the article: Writing is in my blood, but how do I know if I'm any good?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't forget W.S. Merwin's poem "Berryman," where he talks about asking John Berryman the same question. The poem ends:
I asked how can you ever be sure
that what you write is really
any good at all and he said you can't
you can't you can never be sure
you die without knowing
whether anything you wrote was any good
if you have to be sure don't write
That said, uh, how do you make any major life decision: whether to keep writing, to get married, to move to Houston ... I'm not sure how you decide, but I'm pretty sure you make the decision about writing the same way you make the other big decisions--listen to your dreams, but your real dreams, not your daydreams.