Five Debut Novels Worth Sampling

August 12, 2018

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

The “Willing Suspension of Disbelief” in Fiction and Film

February 7, 2018

What draws a reader into a story and compels her to keep tuning pages? This interests me both as a …

January 31, 2018

These are the themes that run through so much of what I’m compelled to write about. No doubt because they …

September 7, 2017

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

February 26, 2015

. . . have you read anything hot lately? Perhaps it was the convergence of Valentine’s Day and the release …

September 9, 2014

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

November 26, 2012

Writing, or any creative endeavor, to some extent is a leap of faith and a huge personal risk. Faith that …