JoelworfordwritesintrampsetLast Year, Last JanuaryLast year, last January — I wrote a column called “How Does a Writer Practice?” in which I tossed and turned over not knowing how to…4 min read·Jan 31, 2024----
JoelworfordwritesintrampsetBest and Worst Decisions I’ve Made as a Professional MusicianAt the end of last month, I moved to Iowa City to attend the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. That move marked the end of what I consider to be the…7 min read·Sep 2, 2023----
JoelworfordwritesintrampsetOverall: Taylor SwiftThis month I listened to all of Taylor Swift’s studio albums. I went chronologically from Taylor Swift to Midnights, sharing thoughts on…8 min read·Jun 30, 2023--1--1
JoelworfordwritesintrampsetLift Your VoiceI started learning to sing when I was eighteen. Some people realize in their early adulthood that they have a vocal talent that is worth…8 min read·May 26, 2023----
JoelworfordwritesintrampsetYip, Yip, HoorayAs a tennis player, I’ve struggled with the yips since I was fourteen. For those unfamiliar (God bless you, I envy): the yips are when your…7 min read·Apr 26, 2023----
JoelworfordwritesintrampsetHow I ReadI read about forty books a year, and of those forty, around thirty are new encounters. The other ten are more or less the same ten. Open by…4 min read·Mar 23, 2023--3--3
JoelworfordwritesintrampsetAppropriateIt is interesting to me that the conversation around cultural appropriation is often a moral and not aesthetic one. Because as far as I’ve…6 min read·Feb 14, 2023----
JoelworfordwritesintrampsetHow Does a Writer Practice?How does a writer practice?9 min read·Jan 3, 2023--1--1
JoelworfordwritesintrampsetTennis and the Lying TVDavid Foster Wallace wrote about tennis so well, so comprehensively (with that brand of brilliance occasionally found in authors [shouts to…8 min read·Dec 3, 2022--1--1