Leilani Clark — Journalist and Writer

Finished….for now

August 27, 2010

I’m starting to realize that writing a book is a process that could potentially go on forever. I met my deadline, finishing a draft of my short story collection by August 19. That said, I’ve realized that this still remains a draft, and that in fact, these stories need much more work. I’m preparing to [...]

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See ya August 15

August 2, 2010

I’m taking a break from blogging, Facebook, etc until August 15 in order to focus on finishing my short story collection. See ya on the other side!

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New Blog post over at Petals and Bones

July 19, 2010

As some of you may know, Petals and Bones is now in full-effect as we just had our second writing workshop this weekend, and man, it was good times. Here is a blog post that I wrote about the workshop, as well as my experience going to Marcia Donahue’s amazing experimental garden in Berkeley the [...]

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A Short Meditation on Activism and Personal Change

July 12, 2010

In a recent article posted to the Orion website, Derrick Jensen rails against the shift towards thinking that personal change is more important than activism. Titled “Forget Shorter Showers: Why Personal Change Doesn’t Equal Political Change” Jensen effectively castigates the 21st century movement towards simplicity, driving less and consuming less. He claims that these are [...]

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New Feature Story: In Praise of Working Less

July 9, 2010

I have a cover story in this week’s Bohemian all about the joy of having less, working less and earning less. This story is also featured on the Metroactive website, which covers the entire South Bay region. Whoopee! Feel free to comment here about your thoughts on this story. What do you think? Should we be [...]

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Beware the Janglers Podcast: Especially for your July ears

July 7, 2010

Nneka-The Uncomfortable Truth Social Studies-Holler Boys Charlotte Gainsbourgh-Time of the Assassins Seam-Are YOU Driving Me Crazy? The Knife-Heartbeats Grass Widow-Shadow Harlem-Gay Human Bones Joy Division-These Days Recommended Reading: Reality Hunger: A Manifesto by David Shield

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August 15 or Bust!

July 3, 2010

Okay, I’ve gone and done it. I’ve set a deadline of AUGUST 15 for finishing my short story collection. It has been three years in the making–actually, I wrote the first draft of one of the stories in 2003, so maybe more like seven years—and countless bloods, (night) sweats, and tears. And I feel that [...]

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That’s the Cowboy Hip Hop!

July 1, 2010

Thanks to Lia for this link and a lesson….the Roger Rabbit as cultural bridge…. Okay, gotta go…I’m off to da club to Vaudeville it up with TJ and the gang. Look for me, I’ll be wearing the fringed vest with the daisy dukes over sum sweet black bike shorts, and my hiking boots, of course. Howdy how!

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Book: The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard

June 23, 2010

A couple years back my husband tried to get me to watch this short movie he had downloaded off the internet. It was twenty minutes long and it was called “The Story of Stuff.” I remember being uninterested in watching, or not making it through the entire thing (!) and forgetting about it soon after. [...]

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Work and Consumption

June 10, 2010

I’m working on an article about a shorter work week as a way towards a less carbon-intensive, consumption-obsessed society and the research is fascinating. I just wanted to share some of the interesting articles I’ve discovered along the way. All the more reason to ride a bike more, cook food at home and fight to [...]

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