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…

Find out what they don’t want you to read

First published through my Water's Edge Press newsletterLast week was Banned Books Week, an annual event coordinated by the American Library Association. When I taught high school English, I was eager to engage my students. We made displays, discussed the issues, and I hope, understood in the end how lucky…