essay Redefinition Munitions 31 Mar 202631 Mar 2026 I wrote this back in 2003, during George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq in search of imaginary “weapons of mass destruction.” Almost none of the details would need to be…
Announcement… “Blank Wall” and “Mud and Salt” 15 Mar 2021 Two of my recent poems have just appeared in the Spring/Summer 2021 issue of The Wayfarer, an excellent compendium of essays, interviews, poems, and regular columns on a variety of…
Announcement I’ve Got Mine…Now Get Yours! 19 Jun 201919 Jun 2019 I received my copy of American Writers Review at last, in yesterday's mail, and it is a handsome anthology: well-bound, with a good cover, and easy to read inside (despite…
Announcement Writing Coach 28 Jan 201928 Jan 2019 I'm setting up as a writing coach and consultant, to combine my love of literature and my skills at teaching...see my new (and not yet definitive) webpage for it here:…
Author post Interview with the Author 25 Jun 2018 The first book I put together was a collection of essays, Our Own Day Here, which comprise explorations of urban life in all of its aspects, from the poetry of…
Author post… Recursions, Part 9: “Finding a Form,” by William H. Gass 7 Dec 20177 Dec 2017 This is the ninth in a series of short critical looks at books of literary criticism. Yes, a writer writing about writers who write about writers! I composed these for…
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