My Lately: Book Launch, Reviews, & Backyard Bliss
Things have been crazy around here this summer, getting ready to launch my debut novel, as well as visits with …
Category Archives: Recommended Authors
Books that Changed My Life and the Way I Write
What books were most influential in shaping the way you think and write today? It’s a question I asked myself …
Toni Morrison: Diving Into Darkness on Wings of Light
Last in my series “Brushes With Blackness” on how Black lives and Black Culture colored my Whiteness. I’d always wanted …
Mary Oliver, Washed in Light
One of my favorite poets, Mary Oliver, died last week. I do not have the words to tell you how …
How Art Intensifies Life – Robinson on Writing, Metaphor, & the Sacred
I came across this interview with Marilynne Robinson, who is one of America’s finest living writers, in an old edition …
For Love of Chaos – My Viking Binge, Trump, & Wrecking-Ball Politics
Since becoming the full-time nanny for my little granddaughter, my reading tastes have taken a decisive darker turn. Instead of …
Poets on Poetry: Mark Doty, Mackerel & Metaphors
One of the things I love most is writing about writing, unraveling the creative process, how the mind at play …
The Light-Craving Stories of George Saunders
What is it that I love about the wildly weird, dark and dorky stories of George Saunders? Ever since reading …
“The Mountain of My Love” – Poem by Hayden Carruth
In the graduation speech that went viral last year, George Saunders wrote: “Most people, as they age, become less selfish and more …
20 Favorite and Most Influential Books
What follows are the 20 favorite books that helped shape the way I think and write. It was hard to limit …
