“Fiction is the art form of human yearning.” – Robert Olen Butler
“We are living...Chief?) – does little to quell its effect on my psyche. I’m in fight-or-flight mode all the time, feeling angry a...
Why I Write
For me being a writer is organic and not a choice. The need to tell stories was in place long before I became aware of it and started writing. Before I wr...
Al Jaffee: MAD Magazine’s All-Around “Mentsh” with Much “Tam”
About a year ago at this time, I interviewed two recently emerged and international musical performers...
Military veteran and first-time novelist Matthew Robinson did not want to presume too...d finalist, includes interventions and interruptions by a skeptical, fictional model for a fictional character:...
When asked about the inspiration for my novel, I answer simply: “I love libraries.” Libraries of all shapes and sizes; new libraries and old libraries; libraries here,...
This last week I've been busy with research for my next set of books and articles. It won't be long now and they will be out.
Silverleaf Series
Book 1 A Voice In...
The Mystery Behind Artifact Theft : Ancient American artifacts are being sold to the highest bidder. When an ancient ruin is discovered, it doesn’t take long for thiev...
I was halfway through “Homegoing” before I began to connect with it.
As Yaw, a histor...dependence.
Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in America. I suspect Yaw was modeled on her father, of whom she...
In her Pioneer Girl, novelist Bich Minh Nguyen offers us Lee, a protagonist who is both a thief and a literary sleuth. The morally complex detectives of the best myste...
American born, French by marriage, Israeli by choice, I write mostly about my divided self. My essays have appeared in Under the Sun, Assay, Ascent, The Coachella Revi...