The Confinement
May 1, 2020
Evanston RoundTable, April 30, 2020 In my lifetime and yours, there has never been anything like it. The longest I can remember staying in previously
It is a vanity project and a writing closet, a treasure chest for news, views and reviews.
More prosaically, it provides a store house for my writing. Some of it is quirky – poems, sayings and asides. There are movie and book reviews, profiles and other articles from my past and present sojourn as a journalist. Plus my new book — The Dream Machine: A Novel of Future Past!
Novel
The Dream Machine: A Novel of Future Past
A thrilling, highly imaginative and tautly written journey back in time to find “the tool to unrule” a post-American fascism.
“Brilliant,” says National Book Award winner and MacArthur Genius Fellow Charles Johnson of “The Dream Machine: A Novel of Future Past.”
“A great tale, brilliantly told,” says violist and international recording artist Roger Chase. “There are surprises on every page, and the end, which comes only too soon, is a coda of marvelous drama, invention and imagination.”
Earth Day and Spring: A Hopeful Time
April 29, 2020
Evanston RoundTable, April 22, 2020 The 50th anniversary of Earth Day is here and, appropriately, spring is slowly making its long overdue and much anticipated
Earth Day 2020
April 29, 2020
Evanston RoundTable, April 22, 2020 On this Earth Day we give thanks for the planet, our eternal home, the mother of us all. And we
Beauty as Solace
April 20, 2020
Evanston RoundTable, April 15, 2020 There is a remarkable YouTube video of the British composer Alma Deutscher telling a recent audience about a piece she
The Upsides
April 2, 2020
Evanston RoundTable, April 2, 2020 It’s hard to imagine anything good coming from the Coronavirus. It’s a disaster of the first order, killing people by
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore or, I’ve Got Those Corona Virus Blues
March 25, 2020
Evanston RoundTable, March 20, 2020 (With a tip of the digital hat to lyricist Bob Russell, sung to the Duke Ellington tune “Never No Lament”) Used
Stoner City: An Inside Look at Evanston’s Cannabis Dispensary
March 6, 2020
Outside everything seemed normal. Inside it was a strange new world. Evanston RoundTable, March 4, 2020 Sales of marijuana at the State’s dispensaries are blowing
Charles Johnson Returns to Evanston to Celebrate ‘Middle Passage’
March 6, 2020
Evanston RoundTable, March 5, 2020 Award-winning author Charles Johnson returned to Evanston, where he was born and grew up, to address an appreciative audience at Fleetwood-Jourdain
This I Know
February 24, 2020
Evanston RoundTable, Feb. 23, 2020 At every stage of life, it is useful to step back and tote up the “important things,” the life lessons