In September, I read Buckeye by Patrick Ryan. We start with a date—1920—a name, Cal Jenkins, and an issue: one of Cal’s legs is two […]
Ice Cream, the Perfect Treat
When it’s hot, the perfect treat in summer is ice cream. Here I am with my former college roommate, savoring ice cream at a chocolate […]
Off Go Five Free Copies
Today I sent off five free copies of Seeing Joy, requested by readers who follow Goodreads Giveaways. The books went to Florida, Missouri, Wisconsin, and […]
Why You Should Review a Book
I posted another Goodreads Giveaway for Seeing Joy on June 1. Four days later, over 1000 people have already requested it. Know what you can […]
Goodreads Giveaway
My first Goodreads Giveaway for Seeing Joy is now complete. The winners live in five different states, Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. Their free […]
Goodreads Giveaway
Look who’s reading Seeing Joy! It’s Sven. I’m in Sweden, visiting him. Right now, I’m giving away five copies on Goodreads. Head over there and try […]
Time flies …
If I have not posted for a while, it’s because I have been crazy busy. I attended the book launches of several friends and launched […]
Twice Born
In October, I attended the Harvard Bookstore launch of Hester Kaplan’s memoir Twice Born: Finding my Father in the Margins of Biography. For anyone who is not […]
Two Weeks Until Publication!
Two weeks until the publication of Seeing Joy, A Story of Life, Death, and What Comes Next, my memoir available from Koehler Books. (Have you preordered […]
Disappointment!
I so admire Katie Kitamura’s prose that I really wanted to like her new novel Audition, but it simply did not work for me. While […]