Books that Changed My Life and the Way I Write

June 1, 2025

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

July 27, 2020

Last in my series “Brushes With Blackness” on how Black lives and Black Culture colored my Whiteness. I’d always wanted …

August 12, 2018

I’ve been putting together a reading list of recently published debut novels that have been making a splash in the …

September 7, 2017

I came across this interview with Marilynne Robinson, who is one of America’s finest living writers, in an old edition …

September 19, 2014

Sad to say, but I abandon more books than I finish nowadays. I simply lose interest in them. I read a …

September 9, 2014

What follows are the 20 favorite books that helped shape the way I think and write. It was hard to limit …