Welcome
Hi, I'm Ray Sawhill. I hang around the NYC arts-and-media scenes and sometimes write about the arts. Please use the horizontal bar above to explore this website.
If you're curious to sample my writing about the arts, well, god blessya. Look at the right-hand column of the website. See the mini-headline that reads "Sample My Freelance Writing"? Click on the categories beneath it, and take your pick of dozens of reviews, articles and profiles.
Here are some facts about me:- I'm an occasional writer and fulltime artsworld hanger-on.
- I'm married to the funny and sweet writer Polly Frost.
- Polly and I sometimes collaborate on creative projects.
- I used to be employed by Newsweek magazine.
- I was close friends with the great movie critic Pauline Kael.
- I've published a fair amount of freelance writing.
- Under the pseudonym "Michael Blowhard," I co-hosted the popular cultureblog 2Blowhards for over seven years.
- I enjoy friends, yoga, food, arts-hobbying, walking, web-surfing, meditating, puttering, travel, and 'way too much else to finish listing here.
- I'm now retired from the fulltime-moneymaking thing, and I couldn't be happier about that. Americans make much too much out of work, money, and careers, IMHO.
Thanks for visiting.