Neidorff-Karpati Hall at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City
by admin | Jan 24, 2023 | Blog
My best friend from my days at Rhodes College (known as “Southwestern” at Memphis back in the day) is John Verlenden, a writer, poet, translator and retired as a tenured professor of rhetoric at the American University in Cairo. We have been friends for more than half...
Japanese cover of COPYBOY
by admin | Nov 1, 2022 | Blog
Designing book covers is an art that would appear uncomplicated at first glance, but look at it another way: how do you tell a 60,000-word story with one image?I just received four copies of the Japanese edition of COPYBOY from its publisher, Iwanami Shoten of Tokyo....
Preset Style = Natural
Lightness = Auto-Exposure
Size = Large
Border = Border
by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Blog
I have donated my collection of books on writing to my local library. Why? We will get to that.The books were gathered over a period of 40 years or so. I didn’t publish my first novel until 2013, but I cannot recall a time I didn’t think about telling my stories on...
by admin | Mar 8, 2021 | Blog
When I was asked to write an essay for the 25th Anniversary Edition of “The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963,” I jumped at the chance. I had met Christoper Paul Curtis in 2014 in Las Vegas at the Newbery Awards presented by the American Library Association....
My search for wood chips paid extra dividends.
by admin | Nov 22, 2020 | Blog
A contract crew was in our neighborhood recently trimming trees away from power lines. I walked across the road to ask the crew chief if he would dump a couple loads from his woodchipper so I could line my garden paths. He said he would be glad to. Green woodchips...
Cletus
by admin | Feb 20, 2020 | Blog
This blog I started more than seven years ago was intended to be about books and writing. I find myself, however, occasionally slipping into something else I love – dogs. In a blog post from last April, I reflected on Willie, my writing dog. Today’s post is devoted to...