My old man
October 5, 2023
Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 4, 2023 Dad died of lung cancer in October of 1981. I wasn’t there, unfortunately, because I was finishing up my afternoon
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.”
My falling out with fall
September 26, 2023
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 20, 2023 I have a problem with autumn. And that’s too bad because for many people, it’s the nicest time of year:
Toots and the Brummie
September 11, 2023
Note: The travel part of this story is true. I’m not so sure about the Brummie’s tale. In the spring of 1968, a junior year
52 books
September 7, 2023
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 6, 2023 A few weeks ago my 14-year-old grandson, Ben, started Lane Tech in Chicago. It’s one of the best public high
Summertime, and the weather is easy
August 13, 2023
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 10, 2023 Is it immodest, unbecoming and possibly imprudent to brag about this summer’s local weather? Probably, but…. While the rest of
AI rewrote my novel – and it was awful!
July 29, 2023
Evanston RoundTable, July 26, 2023 The humor magazine National Lampoon published a cover story in 1971 headlined “Pornography: Threat or Menace?” Today they may want
Ava at the bat
July 7, 2023
Evanston RoundTable, July 6, 2023 Somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout, But there is no joy in Mudville – mighty Casey has struck
Anniversary
June 26, 2023
Evanston RoundTable, June 21, 2023 Last week we celebrated the 52nd anniversary of the day we met. We did it the way we always do,
Leading NU scholar on great Russian literature
June 8, 2023
Evanston RoundTable, June 7, 2023 Gary Saul Morson’s latest book examines life’s great questions as explored in the classic Russian literature of the 19th and