Driving with George
October 4, 2024
Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 4, 2024 It wasn’t a dream or a fantasy so much as a thought experiment: What if, sitting alongside me, inexplicably riding
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.”
Meals on Wheels faces financial turmoil as executive director departs
September 21, 2024
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 20,2024 Evanston-based nonprofit Meals on Wheels Northeastern Illinois is facing a severe financial crisis, and the meal delivery organization’s longtime leader has
There’s a riot going on!
August 16, 2024
Evanston RoundTable, August 14, 2024 Author’s note: This recollection of the 1968 Democratic National Convention was written some years after the events depicted took place,
The three B’s – Bach, Beethoven and Bobby
August 16, 2024
Evanston RoundTable, August 14, 2024 With more than two dozen teachers and 327 students ranging in age from 1 to 92, the Northwestern University Music
The Now of Now: In which we consider the common fire hydrant
July 30, 2024
Evanston RoundTable, July 30, 2024 Many decades ago I volunteered at an Evanston hospice organization. Volunteers had to undergo a day of training, and one
Hunger Games: To eat or not to eat, that is the question
July 15, 2024
Evanston RoundTable, July 11, 2024 Eating is one of the most personal things we do. “You are what you eat” is more than just an
The two-glass metaphor
June 30, 2024
Evanston RoundTable, June 26, 2024 In high school I hung out with smart kids, smarter than me by far. As a sophomore I’d lunch with
My Faust problem
June 13, 2024
Evanston RoundTable, June 13, 2024 I’m obsessed with knowledge. I want to know everything. Well, not everything, of course; that would be impossible, but the big
Viola’s story
June 4, 2024
Evanston RoundTable, May 30, 2024 Something good often comes from something bad. Sometimes you just have to search for it. Case in point: my recent