Boon: Fifty Poems by Karl Elder, a review

Disclaimer: Midwestern poet Karl Elder was my adviser and mentor when I was an undergrad at Lakeland College in the late 1980s, and then beyond when I worked with him in a supportive role for the Great Lakes Writers Festival. Elder, more than any other person, taught me poetry and…

The Thrill of the Game

First published through my Water's Edge Press newsletterI have many ties to the movie Field of Dreams. In my high school years, I lived in Dyersville, Iowa, the site of the farmhouse and field used in the movie. Major League Baseball built a ballpark in Dyersville, adjacent to the movie…

We Never Read the Same Book Twice

Recently I was paging through an old journal and found my notes from a 2008 lecture on Marquez's great novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, given by Gregory Rabassa at the University of Wisconsin. I was there with my AP English Literature students, who were studying the novel.Though not lately,…

E-Books now available on Bookshop.org

I'm excited to announce that both of my novels, Summit Road and A Hollow Bone have been formatted for e-readers. Bookshop.org supports indie bookstores and they're now selling e-books, including mine. If you're strictly a Kindle reader, yes, both are also available via Kindle bookstore. If you would rather get…