Archive for October 2011
Writing lessons — with laughter
Last night The Best Beloved and I had dinner with Haitian/Quebec writer Dany Laferriere. Dany has written a vast number of books, including the well known and critically praised “How To Make Love To A Negro Without Getting Tired.” His new book, a brilliant memoir entitled “The Return” has been short-listed for the 2011 Giller…
Read MorePsychology Today article
I have an article about forgiveness up on the “Psychology Today” website . . . . many thanks to my friend, wonderful writer Ethan Gilsdorf, for making this happen. You can read the piece by clicking here. thanks!
Read MoreGlobe & Mail Review of OUR DAILY BREAD
I am humbled and grateful for the wonderful review Alan Cuymn gave OUR DAILY BREAD in the Globe & Mail. I have enormous respect for Cuymn’s work; to get such a positive review from him leaves me breathless. He says: Where is hell, exactly? Up the mountain, where it has always been. The road there…
Read MoreWatch the Birdie . . .
One of the greatest habits a writer can develop is that of observation. Observation is a form of discovery — we look at the mundane, the ordinary, and because we pay attention to it we see it in a new way. A visual artist may sit down in front of something — say a crow…
Read MoreQuill & Quire Review & Princeton Launch
Delighted to report Quill & Quire’s “starred” review of OUR DAILY BREAD is up on their site now. You can read it by clicking here. I also want to say thank you to the hundred or so people who came out to celebrate the book launch with me at Camillo’s Cafe in Princeton. I was…
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