by Pearl Klein | Oct 13, 2017 | Art, Copywriting, Creativity, Solopreneurship, Uncategorized, Writing
I used to call myself a poet, and I don’t so much anymore. When I was hired into a tenure-track position, I chose the title “professor of English” for my business card, since English was what I professed. My students called me Pearl. These days I get...
by Pearl Klein | Aug 22, 2017 | Art, Copywriting, Creativity, Solopreneurship, Writing
Jeff Deutsch is bravely leading The Seminary Co-op Bookstores in Chicago forward, though like many of its species, the store must strive hard to overcome deficits and online book sales. Deutsch says, “We don’t believe it’s just a business. We believe...
by Pearl Klein | Sep 29, 2016 | Art, Family, Vulnerability
When I turned 14, I had a party in my backyard. I got a volleyball as a present, so my brother acted as the volleyball net. When I turned 16, I kept thinking I was going to get a surprise party, since no one in my family mentioned my birthday. No, it was simply...
by Pearl Klein | Sep 14, 2016 | Art, Goals, Vulnerability
When I was a freshman in college, one of my new best friends was an actor. He appeared in a play during his first quarter, when he was also gaining accolades for being the first person in my dorm to get puking drunk and the first person that year to have sex in the...
by Pearl Klein | Sep 7, 2016 | Art
My art is not better if I don’t make money at it, and what I do make money for isn’t less art because of filthy lucre. I want to see artists rolling in piles of money like Scrooge McDuck. I want to see them luxuriating in security, comfort, and relief from...
