March 25, 2013
On this wet, monochromatic Monday, I find myself wanting to write, but not quite knowing where to begin. Whenever I need a creative push, I turn […]
March 5, 2013
Last night, I attended the reading of a friend’s play at the Actors Studio. In addition to the work itself, which was impressive, there was much […]
February 24, 2013
The best literature is capable of taking ugliness and spinning it into something beautiful. By that I don’t mean that it sugarcoats the bad or conceals […]
February 11, 2013
Sanity. Is it black and white? As Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once said of pornography, will you know it when you see it? Or is […]
January 27, 2013
It is official! I am thrilled to announce that Lisa Gallagher, of the storied Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, is now my literary agent. Not only is […]
October 9, 2012
I have been AWOL from this blog for a little while, and subscribers to my quarterly e-newsletter know the reason. A wonderful literary agent read the […]
August 31, 2012
After folks find out that I’m writing a novel about the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath, we usually get to talking about that event and […]
August 17, 2012
Most books are appreciated purely because of their content, but in the case of Caitlin Moran’s How to Be a Woman, not only did I enjoy […]
August 11, 2012
A good friend of mine who works in television passed on her press copy of Gideon Lewis-Kraus’ A Sense of Direction, and I’m sure she sent it […]
July 23, 2012
Say Her Name is a book of extremes, of contrasts so sharp they cut you coming and going. In it, Francisco Goldman shares with his readers […]