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Cobalt reprints “Granddad’s Ballgame”
My short story “Granddad’s Ballgame,” originally published in the Saturday Evening Post in 2016, was a finalist for the Cobalt Earl Weaver Baseball Prize, and is republished in Cobalt’s annual baseball issue. An excerpt: When my Granddad was just a boy, to hear him tell it, there were only three things he ever wanted to […]
“Murder Ballads” in Route 7 Review
The annual edition of Route 7 Review by Dixie State University is out now, and includes “Murder Ballads,” a short story about the music genre. An excerpt: After brushing a few spare chips into a pile, the portly dealer took the top card from the deck and slapped it forcefully on the discard pile to […]
Reading at the Vonnegut Museum
Mentioned this a while back, but tomorrow I get to give a reading at the grand opening of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library. The new issue of the museum’s So It Goes literary journal launches during the event, and commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of Slaughterhouse Five. I’ll be reading from my story “White Cliffs,” […]
Interview with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor in Foreword Reviews
For a series Foreword Reviews has been running for a few years, I occasionally interview authors after reviewing their books (and only for books I truly recommend). In this case, it’s an interview with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor about her engaging and sadly timely “Race for Profit,” exploring the history of discriminatory and racist housing policy in […]
Interview with Kenneth Womack for Foreword Reviews
For Foreword Reviews, I recently reviewed “Solid State,” which was a fantastic examination of the Beatles’ recording of their masterpiece “Abbey Road,” an album I’ve enjoyed as long as I can remember. I also interviewed the author, Kenneth Womack, about this latest of his many great books about the Beatles.
Interview with B.J. Hollars for Foreword Reviews
I’ve been reviewing books for Foreword Reviews since 2012, and sometimes get to do short interviews for the magazine with authors whose books I recommended. So here’s one I did with B.J. Hollars about his really enjoyable book “Midwestern Strange,” which explores a number of cryptid legends centered in the Midwestern United States, from the […]
“Votes of Confidence” 2020 available for preorder
I updated my 2016 civics best-seller, “Votes of Confidence” for a new 2020 edition, and it’s now available for preorder on Amazon, and coming soon to your favorite bookstores. The new edition comes out March 3, 2020.
