writing
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Pushing a noun against a verb
“You never pushed a noun against a verb except to blow up something.” “Inherit the Wind” is one of the great plays of the ’50s and one of the great movies of 1960. It’s kind of stunning that it didn’t win anything at the Academy Awards. Putatively about the 1920s Scopes Monkey Trial, it’s also… Continue reading
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The vanishing Internet prose
How can I make my words on the Internet last? Is that even possible? I didn’t used to worry about this. For most of my journalism career, I rarely thought about the future of the newspaper stories I wrote. I worried about getting the story first, right and well-written. The next week, month or years… Continue reading
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Drawing inspiration from August Wilson, and premiere of ‘The Piano Lesson’
I’m a long way from Broadway these days, but I know well one of the nominees for Best Revival of a Play: “The Piano Lesson.” As a college sophomore, I was in the audience of the premiere on Nov. 23, 1987, at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. It was completely by accident,… Continue reading
About Me
Journalist and writer. Loves writing, storytelling, books, typewriters. Always trying to find my line. Oh, and here’s where I am now.
Nows and Forevers 