Maybe I put radio on too high a pedestal. These days, I listen a lot to National Public Radio and Pacifica. Both of these networks feature shows that interview writers and I’m always impressed with how sophisticated and confident these folks sound. Later this month, I’ll kick off a series of public readings from my […]
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My day lay ahead with nothing on my agenda except to write. I hadn’t had a day like this in weeks and I was energized to imagine how much I’d accomplish. Of course there was that service appointment with the Comcast technician who would arrive before noon and determine why the closed captioning on our
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That’s a question a reader asked after he finished my fictional short story “Clarisse” in my first short story collection, Gone to Ground. At first, I didn’t see the significance. As far as I knew, I’d never been a woman and I was sure I’d never worked in a paint department. End of story. But as I thought about what
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