The Constant Story

“English words are like prisms. Empty, nothing inside, and still they make rainbows.” --Denis Johnson. He was addicted to drugs and a...

In a couple of weeks, I am heading for Cuba and I feel like I'll be traveling full circle.  For the last two years, I have be...

October Song , my latest book, is now officially out there. It's time to review it and tell everyone you know—friends and family and c...

Prepping for a college party at your tiny sophomore apartment: Pick up several six packs, maybe a cheap bottle of tequila, lemons, some...

"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking." These are the words of Joan Didion, arguably one of the best essayists to e...

I have read a wonderful memoir. I love memoirs. I write them. So, there's that. But I'm not necessarily a fan of memoirs about ...

Here's what famed New York newspaperman Jimmy Breslin once said... "Pick up any newspaper in the morning. Count the words ...