The Write Stuff
January 23, 2023
Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 18, 2023 Along with the winter solstice come annual new year resolutions, a tradition said to be thousands of years old. The
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.”
Highly resolved, in 2023…
January 6, 2023
Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 4, 2023 Each succeeding year demonstrates to me how much less I know of the universe than the year before – going
How to survive those Gray Day Blues
December 23, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 21, 2022 I got those Gray Day Blues, O yeah, the Gray Day Blues, When my cerebellum goes on snooze. So maybe
NorthShore’s new policy charging for portal inquiries gets mixed reviews
December 11, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 8, 2022 NorthShore University HealthSystem has adopted a new policy charging for some online medical advice. The move may have been inevitable,
Lake Shore unlimited
December 7, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 7, 2022 What is it about a train ride? I’ve been asking myself that question, consciously or unconsciously, ever since I was
Protect democracy
November 25, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 23, 2022 The RoundTable’s fall fund drive is underway, and if you’re not a contributing member you should consider joining our membership
Autumn glory
November 9, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 9, 2022 I used to dread fall. I’m an outdoors guy: I love to hike, bike, swim, go to the beach, appreciate
Mind the Gap
October 27, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 26, 2022 Visitors to London often hear the phrase “Mind the gap” when alighting from the venerable Underground tube trains, the city’s
Shostakovich and Putin
October 14, 2022
The great composer had plenty to say about maniacal dictators Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 13, 2022 Dmitri Shostakovich died in 1975, two years after being serenaded