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.”

Down to Work

Evanston RoundTable, Feb. 9, 2017 There is a time, Ecclesiastes tells us, for all things. Three thousand years later, Pete Seeger and Judy Collins made

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How to Argue

Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 26, 1979 Everyone has an opinion on things, even the people who tell you they don’t. It’s not that they really don’t.

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Nibsy’s Triumph

Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 12, 2017 Address to students at Daniel Webster Elementary School, New Rochelle, N.Y.: Good morning, boys and girls. My name is Lester

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Reverse Arrow

Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 29, 2016 In case you haven’t noticed, time is trending right now. It’s the subject of a fascinating article in a recent

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The Elusive Now

Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 15, 2016   Time is infinite, but divisible by three: past, present, and future. For many, the past is full of regrets,

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Only Explore

Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 1, 2016 It’s getting harder and harder to stay focused on staying focused. In the messy place that masquerades as our mind,

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