by Ryan R. Campbell | Jul 14, 2020 | writing
I’m trying something new as I write. Currently, I’m working on a manuscript I’m calling TO HAVE BEEN RICH. When I say it’s an exploration of family and what it means to grow into oneself, I’m using the word “exploration” in...
by Ryan R. Campbell | Jan 14, 2020 | On Writing
Somewhere in an empty office sits an empty chair. This chair was filled once, was party to a purpose only one person could realize. Like many of us, this person was a writer, but to so many, she was much, much more. An inspiration. A community leader. A mother. A...
by Ryan R. Campbell | Apr 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Imagine me, aged twenty-three, in a cramped room with a tin roof, the only furnishings a collapsible aluminum table, a plastic lawn chair, and a ragged futon pressed against the far wall. Black rot blossoms along the molding, and every dog in the city barks at...