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!

Lester Jacobson in black without glasses
The Dream Machine
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.”

Lessons in Luck

Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 10, 2019 Luck is usually considered to be random, inconstant and, well…lucky, something other people seem to have more of. “Success or

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When Lenny Met Victor

Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 13, 2018 In this centenary year of Leonard Bernstein’s birth, we rightly celebrate his genius as a conductor, composer, educator and pianist.

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My Faust Problem

Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 15,2018 I’m obsessed with knowledge. I want to know everything. Well, not everything, of course, that’s impossible, but the big things: quantum

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Perseverance

Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 1, 2018 We know this much about life, that it will contain its share of hardship and there is no way to

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Music Lessons

Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 18, 2018 Research tells us that music education is critical to the development of young minds. At Northwestern’s Auditory Neuroscience Lab, directed

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Staying in Tune

Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 4, 2018 Things go better when we’re attuned to the task at hand. A disciplined focus allows us to avoid the mindless

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