Go to Talking Writing to read my essay on the implications of Chad Harbach’s novel, The Art of Fielding — both to Harbach himself and to the literary world of 2012 (and beyond). If you’re missing baseball or you feel […]
Orphandom
In the summer of 2002, my wife and I took our two youngest sons to Indiana to do some detective work. The object? To find out anything we could about the woman who gave birth to me. We had no idea […]
No Biking in the House Without a Helmet
Read my review of Melissa Faye Greene’s ultimate book about adoption and parenting in general… Once that last child begins to drive, most of us realize our capacity to parent is fading. We get a few years of empty-nest freedom […]
Vicious Circles: Rejected Bit from Beautiful Morning Blues
There are October mornings in The Woodlands when the watery Mid-Atlantic sky still burns with a white-hot sun even though summer is long gone. Clouds explode in smoking bursts, stilled just slightly by the strange heat of the autumn stratosphere. […]
“An Illumination that Works,” From Dawn of the Summertons: A Work in Progress
Nine miles away, in the northwestern section of the city, Twyla Summerton was trying to keep herself from rushing the painting she’d been working on for nearly a week. She had a yoga class at 9:00 in Chestnut Hill and […]
Everyone Always Wants to Do the Cooking
Flash Fiction:Flash Read(not copyrighted; if you want it, use it…even if you want to put your name on it) Original fiction by David Biddle Steve is out buying hotdogs, buns, carrots, more beer, and ice cream. It’s a long way […]
Of Divides and Color: 2009 and Beyond
In a commentary piece for The Philadelphia Inquirer last week (Friday, November 6), columnist George Curry uses USA Today/Gallup poll data to paint a bleak picture of America’s sense of “race relations.” Noting that when Barack Obama was elected president […]
Comments on Leonard Peltier
I am honored to find that John Trimbach, son of retired special agent in charge (SAC) of the Minnesota FBI offices, Joseph Trimbach, posted a letter to the editor regarding my commentary piece in The Philadelphia Inquirer on Leonard Peltier’s […]
Leonard Peltier: a personal essay
My latest commentary was just published by KotoriMagazine.com, “Leonard Peltier and this Great, Funny Nation.” It is really a personal essay, but full of good links and resources. “To give Leonard Peltier the last decade or two of his life […]
