What’s a road trip to Monterey without a stop to Cannery Row?! I had read Cannery Row during my layover in Wisconsin so I was all prepared to visit John Steinbeck country.
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Stephanie Nikolopoulos is a writer, editor, writing teacher, and speaker based in New York City.
She is the author with Paul Maher Jr. of "Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road.'"
She's also currently working on a memoir about growing up Greek American.
You can email her at stephanie_701 {@} yahoo.com
I spent a summer studying art history and architecture in Salzburg, Venice, and Munich when I was a teenager. I am forever transfixed by the baroque, the gothic, the eccentric, the gaudy, the dark and moody, the mysterious. I spotted this gem right here in Midtown Manhattan, a testament to New York City's own treasured past. It makes me want to pull out my notebook and pen and translate this architectural wonder into literary explorations of the architecture of language. What places inspire you to write? :::
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When you write, no matter if it's a poem or a novel or a memoir or an essay or a script, start with the pain. Start with the desire. Start with the conflict. :::
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When I was a child, my family used to find me hidden away in cabinets. I loved tiny nooks. It's probably why I find NYC apartments so cozy while others can't even fathom small-space living let alone the idea of a micro-apartment. So it probably doesn't come as any surprise that I loved climbing up into the Puye Cliff Dwellings in the Santa Clara Canyon near Española, New Mexico. These little cubbies used to be home to the Pueblo Indians but were abandoned, and in 1966 were declared a National Historic I visited them a few years ago with one of my best friends, who is Native American and growing up still had a grandfather who lived on a reservation. November is Native American Heritage Month.
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I veer toward being Type A. I get revved up by #motivationmonday. I don't just make New Year's resolutions -- I set a road map for each new month. ...But that's because I have the heart of a nomad, a wanderess, a road tripper, a seafarer. Like Walt Whitman, I am prone to loafing. Like Jack Kerouac, I am always up for a spontaneous road trip just for the sake of it. Like Emma Watson, I am all about soaking in a bathtub every single day. Setting down specific goals helps me be a dream catcher, but as a creative spirit I need loads of unstructured time so my mind can wander and conjure up the muse. We need to get off the beaten path to remember who we are. How do you balance work and play? Your creative side and your business side? Responsibilities and rest? Wanderlust and planting roots? Dreaming and doing?
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I had the great honor of being a featured reader along with Lancelot Schaubert, Debra Ayis, and Amelia Thompson, as members of the Redeemer Writers Group, at the 11th Bi-Annual Poetry Reading at St. Paul's Chapel, hosted by Trinity Wall Street, this past Sunday, November 10. St. Paul's Chapel resides right across from the World Trade Center site but not even a window was broken on 9/11. It became a refuge to the many who served in the hard days following the attacks. Terry Helwig's 9/11 installation "The Thread Project," which hung at St. Paul's, inspired me to write a poem about weaving together our disparate offerings to become unified. I believe we must continue to do so in this age of political discord. St. Paul's published the poem I wrote for the reading. Special thanks to Alan for organizing and hosting, to Debra for serving as the Redeemer Writers Readings Committee leader, to the Center for Faith & Work for making the Redeemer Writers Group possible, to St. Paul's Chapel, and to Trinity Wall Street. :::
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