Obsessions always interest me having hosted several of them with various results but I doubt that any of mine have shared the intensity with which Jews at the conclusion of Passover all over the world shout, “Next year in Jerusalem!” the dynamite that powers the unending war to erase Palestine.
Blog Posts on Writing and Authors
On Memoir
Memoir writing is a much more serious task than it’s often considered to be. It’s not informal, it’s not casual. It really is the writing of history.
Smoke Signals
Today I’m wondering about the future of literature in our beleaguered country.
Fear of Flying Is Fifty
Jong’s courage in going to bat for all of us who couldn’t speak up for ourselves is a quality I will always admire.
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
…Not exactly a wilderness but a great expanse of desert, south of Santa Fe, that goes on for miles and miles to the sprawling town of Alamogordo.
Writing From the Point of View of Others
Ideas are dangerous: it’s of their very nature, and it’s a danger that permeates the world of reading and writing.
Taken by the Shawnee
The design for the cover of my next book, my historical novel, “Taken by the Shawnee” just arrived from my publisher, Turtle Point Press.
The War on Terror Is at Home
When I pass a pretty adobe house on my street walking Pip, a disembodied voice suddenly speaks: “Hi. Your approach is being recorded.”
The Ms. Book
It arrived yesterday, a large, heavy, hardbound anthology of fifty years of writing from Ms.
Email Issues
Friends, due to issues with my email there will be no posts for the indefinite future… I hope to be posting again very soon!