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Votes featured in Ronnie’s Awesome List
After last week’s terrorist attack on the US Capitol, the Bay Area-based website Ronnie’s Awesome List put together this, well, awesome list of five books to teach kids about American democracy and give them a save way to talk about government and civics. Proud to have Votes of Confidence included in this list along with […]
Foreword Reviews interviews of 2020
Along with my own books and stories, I also write book reviews for Foreword Reviews. Been doing that since 2012, and have reviewed more than one hundred books. Sometimes I get to do a short Q&A with an author whose book I recommend, and there’s an example here in the magazine’s “Best of 2020 Interviews” […]
Another story on PenDust Radio
A few weeks after my story “Silver and Gold” was an episode of the PenDust Radio podcast from Rivercliff Books, I have a second story up. Originally published as “The Cat” in East Bay Review four years ago, it’s now an audio version renamed “Tell O’Toole O’Flaherty is Dead.” There’s a short Q&A with me […]
Booklist releases full list of stars for 2020
The 2nd Edition of Votes of Confidence for 2020 got an excellent starred review from Booklist, the magazine of the American Library Association (ALA). For the end of the year, the magazine put out a special issue of all its starred books – the books that receive its highest recommendation – for 2020, and made […]
“Silver and Gold” now a PenDust Radio podcast episode
My short (well, technically) story “Silver and Gold” is now an episode of the PenDust Radio podcast from Rivercliff Books. You can listen to it at the site, which includes a short Q&A with me about the story. Or you can listen to it on Spotify, iTunes, the Apple Podcast app, etc. An excerpt: The […]
Short interview on the Lerner Books blog
My publisher, Lerner Books, is undertaking a nonfiction initiative for schools and libraries, called “5 Kinds of Nonfiction.” As part of the discussion on traditional nonfiction, the Lerner blog has a short interview with me about Votes of Confidence (and Rockin’ the Boat). An excerpt: I was a news reader at a young age. I […]
“River Have Mercy” in The Broken Plate
Though delayed from spring by the COVID-19 pandemic, the new issue of The Broken Plate from Ball State University is out, and it features my short story “River Have Mercy.” An excerpt: The first time I saw her, she was sitting on a bench near the river. She was reading with her legs crossed, in […]
