Recently reader Rose J. wrote in with a question about permissions: "I have co-authored a children's book in which the main character visits major landmarks like Yankee Stadium, BB King's ... Read More

Lately I've been thinking about the advice I've received over the years that continues to reverberate and to sustain my writing. Some of these insights were from teachers, but a ... Read More

You've got to love a press that has "Really Fab Books" running at the top of their home page. Which is one of the many reasons I was pleased to ... Read More

A friend of mine in Hawai'i introduced me to Mānoa ten years ago and then sent me the most recent issue, Maps of Reconciliation, this spring, which led me to ... Read More

This spring, an old Paris Review interview led me to make a study of Katherine Anne Porter. I started with some of her most acclaimed works and then read the ... Read More