Writers in the How We Spend Our Days series:
Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, a guest writer shares how he or she spends the day.
2009
August 1, 2009: Pam Houston
September 1, 2009: Dani Shapiro
October 1, 2009: Adam Braver
November 1, 2009: Sheri Reynolds
December 1, 2009: Elizabeth Benedict
2010
January 1, 2010: Abigail Thomas
February 1, 2010: Alexander Chee
March 1, 2010: Miciah Gault
April 1, 2010: Robin Black
May 1, 2010: Daniel Asa Rose
June 1, 2010: Lucia Orth
July 1, 2010: Tracy Winn
August 1, 2010: Diane Lefer
September 1, 2010: Louise W. Knight
October 1, 2010: Hannah Tinti
November 1, 2010: Bruce Machart
December 1, 2010: Susanna Daniel
2011
January 1, 2011: Jean Thompson
February 1, 2011: Cornelius Eady
March 1, 2011: Summer Wood
April 1, 2011: Shaindel Beers
May 1, 2011: Kim Wright
June 1, 2011: Robin Oliveira
July 1, 2011: Robert Boyers
August 1, 2011: Heather Newton
September 1, 2011: Heidi Durrow
October 1, 2011: Barb Johnson
November 1: Mari Strchan
December 1: Daniel Torday
2012
January 1: Cheryl Strayed

“It’s hard to tell somebody what you mean to say. And that’s an idea that I’m obsessed with. It’s why I write. It’s why everybody writes.”
--Jonathan Safran Foer