French Fare in Bridgeport

Once in a while I'd like to include a place that I have found in my travels that I really love. Here's one:



The Escargots Bourguignonne were full of garlic-butter goodness, the cheese and charcuterie plates are divine, and the steak au poivre is no slouch either. I couldn't even make it to their mouth-watering desserts...

211 State Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Be there.

April 20th Will Be Here Soon

I'll post more reminders. But here is the poster in the window of the Barnum Museum announcing the official release party on April 20, 6:30 pm.

Shipping Now!

Apparently my book is now shipping from Amazon and related outlets today. Reports are flooding in...

I'll try to have some reviews up soon.

Emily Dickinson Lives

My wife, poet Amy Nawrocki, giving a lecture on Emily Dickinson at the Barnum Museum.

Twas a lovely afternoon of tea and talk.

The Grave of Tom Thumb

The magnificent gravestone of Charles Stratton, better known as Tom Thumb, Mountain Grove Cemetery, October 2008.

Press Alert

I'm on the UB front page today, here.

"A skilled storyteller with a keen eye for riveting anecdotes, Lehman writes about subjects whose audacious creativity, bravery, and ingenuity left marks, not only on Bridgeport, but on communities far beyond."
- Leslie Geary, University of Bridgeport

Umbrella

Check out my new book review at the popular internet journal Umbrella.

Into my heart an air that kills
From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered hills,
What spires, what farms are those?

That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went
And cannot come again.

- A.E. Housman

Reeds at Sunset

Is this Cape Cod? The Outer Banks of North Carolina?

Nope, it's Bridgeport.

Historic Ladies: Two Lectures and Tea

My wife, poet Amy Nawrocki, will be giving a program at the Barnum Museum on Emily Dickinson Sunday March 22 at 2:00. Please come by and support the museum and enjoy tea and crumpets.

Okay, I can't guarantee the crumpets.

New publication

Check out my new review of Jack Kerouac's book Vanity of Duluoz at Empty Mirror Books.