I Wouldn’t Be I
For me, the experience of poetry has most often been a painful one. Reading poetry is usually like trying to catch a butterfly—I’m running and leaping and stretching with all I have, trying to get that...
View ArticleThere and Back Again: An Author’s Tale
Try, for a moment, to imagine a world without J.R.R. Tolkien. There would be no Frodo, no Shire, no Gandalf. But what else would disappear without this author? By my thinking, if Tolkien goes, so goes...
View ArticleShaking Talks to Marion Winik
While visiting York College of Pennsylvania to give a reading, Marion took the time to sit down with me and answer some questions. In a closet. I’m kidding, of course, but only barely. The room in...
View ArticleMy War: Killing Time in Iraq
My War: Killing Time in Iraq By Colby Buzzell Berkley Caliber, paperback The mission flag in Iraq has been lowered, and the last of the troops are on their way out. A war that has existed for a decent...
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