PinnedThe Ballad of New Rivers Press: Part One, An OverviewAs I write these words, New Rivers Press (NRP), one of the oldest and most distinguished literary not-for-profit small presses in America…Sep 11, 2022Sep 11, 2022
PinnedThe Queen Is Dead, Long Live the KingIt’s like a board game, the monarchy. Since we don’t pay for it, we can watch the game with amusement. I’m astonished, though, that it’s…Sep 9, 20221Sep 9, 20221
PinnedThe Adoption Racket and AbortionI’m shocked. What a world we’re leaving to our kids.Jul 25, 2022Jul 25, 2022
PinnedIt’s All About Banning Sexual Pleasure, Isn’t It?“Any state that forces a pregnant woman to have a child before viability is a slaveholding state engaging in sexual violence.”Jul 11, 2022Jul 11, 2022
Here’s Biden’s Blueprint to Save His Presidency and Get ReelectedClearly, Biden wants people to believe what he says instead of trusting their own lying eyes. If the stakes weren’t so high, it would be…Jul 8Jul 8
What Things Are You Proudest Of In Your Life?I’m a pilgrim. Always have been. Like Odysseus, I’ve “wanderd wondrous farre” over the years, sometimes traveling the roads of the earth…Jan 30Jan 30
What Song Always Brings Back a Particular Memory?In Remembrance of Things Past, possibly the longest novel in history, Marcel Proust famously wrote about a madeleine, a traditional small…Jan 16Jan 16
Raccoons— for John Lennon (9 October 1940–8 December 1980) and Jim Bense (17 June 1948–14 June 2007). This is the 43rd anniversary of Lennon’s…Dec 8, 2023Dec 8, 2023
Martin Amis is dead. Long live Martin Amis.When I think of the late Martin Amis, who died Friday in Florida at 73 of the same esophageal cancer that took the life of Christopher…May 21, 2023May 21, 2023
