I woke up this morning with this song on my mind. Two months ago today I was taken by ambulance…
What a season for new works of fiction and nonfiction! If you read my post a few weeks ago, “Literary…
When Beth Ann Fennelly and her husband, Tom Franklin, finished writing their first collaborative book, The Tilted World, they celebrated…
Yesterday—on September 1—Orthodox Christians celebrated the beginning of the Church’s New Year, also known as the “Indiction.” At my parish,…
I usually do book reviews in my “Writing on Wednesday” posts. But the book I want to talk about today,…
Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King delivered one of the most powerful and memorable speeches in history. (For an…
Remember the book, I’m OK—You’re OK? Hard to believe it was published in 1967—when I was a sophomore in high…
I just read this poem by a Coptic (Orthodox Christian) orphan in Egypt. Please take a few minutes to watch…
It’s been almost two months since I worked on revisions for Cherry Bomb, the novel an agent has shown interest…
Six weeks after my accident, I’m beginning to get out a bit, which is a wonderful mental health blessing. So…