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Reading Wambaugh: Lessons on Life and Crime
When I was 13, I read two books I found among my relatives’ books that shocked my adolescent sensibilities. One was Dennis Smith’s “Report from Engine Co. 82,” which taught me as much about poverty and despair not so far away from where I grew up than it did about the firefighting that drew me Continue reading
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On Jon Franklin and writing through the years
Jon Franklin, professor and author of the classic “Writing for Story,” died last week. Don Murray and Roy Peter Clark more directly influenced and inspired my writing and editing. But I learned from “Writing for Story” and especially “Mrs. Kelly’s Monster,” which ran in The Baltimore Sun in 1978. Something Franklin said years ago really 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 