I think it’s safe to say that as a kid who grew up in the ’60s and ’70s I’ve never found much value in canned or predictable attempts at storytelling. “Notes on the Golden Country” is all about America and somewhat rebellious in its plot and theme (is being rebellious an American trait?).
All good dads in today’s world understand that a very human relationship with their children begins as soon as they are born.
I already feel like a jerk. The only thing that is going to keep me from being selfish and single-minded here in 2024 is if I need surgery or get diagnosed with cancer or just don’t wake up some morning. […]
Leave it to poets to knock over all the mental obstacles to attempts at defining what a person is before the external world really goes to work on them.
Flash growth and learning to survive. A version of this essay was originally published at Medium.com and then with The Good Men Project “Modern Identities” imprint I was 15 in 1973. It was the year my parents began their divorce. It […]
I just realized that the folks at Adelaide Literary Magazine published my story “Like They’re Waiting” back in January.
Never tell a character in your head to get lost A slightly different form of this essay was published in Medium.com One morning nearly ten years ago, a voice showed up in my head as I was walking up the stairs […]
I’m happy to say that my new novel Old Music for New People comes out early next week (click here to go to its main landing page). As anyone who loves teens knows, stories about young people coming of age […]
The Psychology of Sound
I’ve spent my entire life astounded by the magic of music, appreciating everything from opera and Gregorian chant to bluegrass and every kind of jazz there is. But what exactly is being touched in us and inspired when we listen […]
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