The Quivering Pen

There’s a new interview with yours truly in the latest issue of Mount Hope magazine, published by Roger Williams University’s Departmen...

The books had become a burden. That’s not a sentence I would ever have dreamed of writing when I was younger. “Younger” meaning eighte...

My First True Writing Teacher “I’m not here to be your friend,” he said as he stood before us, fifteen or so nervous undergrads sitti...

At this uncertain and unsteady Thanksgiving, I am grateful for many things: family, health, a stable job, and the food I’m about to eat ...

Front Porch Books is a monthly tally of books — mainly advance review copies (aka “uncorrected proofs” and “galleys”) — I’ve received fro...

My First Time is a regular feature in which writers talk about virgin experiences in their writing and publishing careers, ranging from ...

Books take us on journeys. Whether it’s down a rabbit hole, across the windswept moors of England, floating on a raft down the Mississippi ...