My relative Little Wound

Native American Heritage Month beckons me, and, starting last year, I wrote a blog a day in November.

The idea of “once a day” comes from Suzan-Lori Parks: a playwright, MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Talking to a gathering in Portland a few years ago, Parks spent one month writing a poem each day.

Sometimes the missive would be just a few words. Sometimes it would be a full-fledged work of art.

Point is to write.

When I have the chance to talk to a celebrated writer or journalist about what advice they would give college students, they agree on one thing: write.

Suzan-Lori Parks, Ira Glass and Anderson Cooper encouraged my students to write.

And write a lot.

In that spirit, I greet November.