Is Pa Ingalls a dangerous role model for boys and men? In my latest essay for The Good Men Project, I explore the impossible expectations that Little House on the Prairie places on men and men-to-be. … [Read more...]
Reading with David Bowie
I experienced David Bowie's death through Twitter, spending that morning poring over his widely-publicized 2013 list of 100 favorite books. I read reviews and plot summaries, searching for a title where our tastes might intersect. I settled on Nella Larsen’s Passing, a novel … [Read more...]
Call of the Wild: Out of the Library and into the Woods
My latest essay, “The Wolf Inside,” is up on Literary Mama today. Learn how a bunch of city boys in a book club take to the wild. In it, you will find a disinterested bear, a place called Doodletown, Michael Chabon, orange salamanders, inspiration for the New Year, and a whole … [Read more...]
Finding the Elf in the Self
’Tis the season when my children and many of their Manhattan friends will receive gifts from Santa, their grandparents, aunts and uncles, great aunts and uncles, friends, godparents, cousins, and neighbors. They will receive so many gifts that some toys will sit piled up in the … [Read more...]
My Poem about Poetry
"Poetry" A box that beckons like a coffin filled with lonely clouds, squinched blackberries, other gruesome … [Read more...]
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