In Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series, a man who has lived 15,000 years gets crushed by a building, and he tells Death that he did pretty good – 15,000 years! Death responds, “You got what everyone gets – a lifetime.” However long we live, the question, is, as the […]
One hundred years ago, the United States entered the First World War. That same year, a sunburnt country boy from the cotton fields of eastern Arkansas and two of his companions put on their finest duds to stand before a camera in a photographer’s parlor. Most likely, they […]
National Poetry Slam Takes Place in Denver Bringing together hundreds of poets and thousands of fans from across North America, the event included workshops, open mics, and competitions including the “Haiku Death Match.” Danielle Brooks, one of the host city co-chairs for the 2017 National Poetry Slam says, “It’s […]
The 2017 World’s Highest Earning Author is… JK Rowling! She tops the list at $95M, with author James Patterson coming in at $87M. Forbes released the list this week, which also included popular authors Stephen King, Dan Brown, and John Grisham. For the full list of ten, click […]
From the start I wanted to be a pitcher. I wanted to stand tall on the summit of the baseball diamond–at the center of it all–working the laces on the rawhide and setting the game in motion at my will. A slight nod, a stream of spit, and […]
Michiko Kakutani is Leaving The New York Times After 38 years as the chief daily book critic, Michiko Kakutani has announced her farewell. Indelibly interwoven with the profession, her last name even transformed into a verb – to be “Kakutanied”, she covered books across genres from literature to […]
Warning: This column, which is about gratitude, runs the risk of sounding insufferable, or being like the Facebook posts of people who flaunt their vacation photographs and their seemingly perfect lives. Much of the time, too much of the time, I concentrate on what’s annoying, upsetting, sad or […]
Two new publications are forthcoming from the world of Harry Potter on October 20th. No, they are not new novels by Rowling, but they do bring excitement to magic lovers and passionate fans of the series.
This month’s “After Hours” is a companion piece to an essay I wrote for Change Seven, called, “The Unexpected Beauty of Alzheimer’s,” which was written over two months ago. When I read that piece now, I see how much things have changed as my mother’s disease has progressed, […]
Dear Sugars Podcast & Column Debuts On Saturday, July 15, Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, and short story and essay writer Steve Almond introduced their new podcast and column with The New York Times, Dear Sugars. The “radically empathic advice column” is borne […]
