Sarah E. Moffett

This is me.
In a music drought. For this writer, it’s right up there with no running and no drinking. What’s a girl to do? Rachael Yamagata’s new album is not out yet, Shiny Toy Guns is nowhere to be found, The The’s new album is barely keeping my musically stimulated soul alive, the 930 Club is lackluster, the Birchmere is […]

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The rumor I’m hearing is that you’re writing a book. Is that true?
Well, why not? Half the planet’s population seems to be writing books, and the other half is probably threatening to do it.
I’ve had a little experience in this area, and I can tell you something about writing books that you may not want […]

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Upon learning that J.K. Rowling had outed Dumbledore, I immediately had four thoughts.
1. The Harry Potter Encyclopedia just got really interesting.
2. This woman knows how to make enemies.
3. And really knows how to sell books.
4. I want to be out of town for the inevitable 1,000,000 fundamentalists against HP march.
OK, so the world now […]

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Haiku for Jack
by Robin Stratton
i
Fifty years ago
published his book On the Road
one long hand-typed scroll.
Traveled cross country
scored chicks with Neal Cassidy
hipster beat poet
ii
Started a movement
irreverent attitude
Catholic Buddhism
Defiant and bold
He died a fat, sloppy drunk
Republican, too
*Robin Stratton lives in Boston and teaches creative writing classes using the techniques in her book, The Revision Process. Her work […]

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Recently, I read Kurt Vonnegut’s below rant in The Breakfast of Champions. It made me laugh, made me sad, made me move, and made me wonder. Thoughts?
I had no respect whatsoever for the creative works of either the painter or the novelist. I thought Karabekian with this meaningless pictures had entered into a conspiracy with […]

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Big Yamagata fan here. For those of you who do not know what or who a Yamagata is, shift from your Japanimation thoughts to a world of smoky lounge singers that rock to honest, vulnerable lyrics that spare the audience sentimental sap. Rachael Yamagata recently wrapped up her pre-album release tour, and posted this sincere and […]

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One has a lot of hours to kill when crossing the pond. Particularly if one is crossing the pond via American Airlines, who decides showing Young Frankenstein qualifies for quality entertainment. Out came the paperback, Graham Greene’s Monsignor Quixote.
Considering the joy the Greene’s Man Within brought me, I was ready for Greene to redeem himself. Instead, […]

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 They rode in silence for a while, and then the driver made another good point. He said he knew that his truck was turning the atmosphere into poison gas, and that the planet was being turned into pavement so his truck could go anywhere. “So I’m committing suicide,” he said.
 “Don’t worry about it,” said Trout.
 “My […]

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Now if someone could just explain to me how I qualified as a “local author” for the Colorado Springs Gazette…
Not that I’m complaining.  A benign, promotional nod to Growing Up Moffett post-CCLAP’s recent lovefest is a much more pleasant way to spend a virtual Friday afternoon.  
The Gazette Spotlight On Local Authors
HOT OFF THE PRESS
Spotlight on local authors
October 16, 2007 […]

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It’s a standard issue Friday morning in D.C. Showered, suited, and serious, I’m drowning my left brained woes in my mocha frap, catching up on my overflowing inboxes, when I see that that Jason Pettus of the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography has posted his review for Growing Up Moffett.
To my knowledge, this is […]

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