Listen to the latest episode of Nutmeg Chatter as my brave and beautiful wife, Amy Nawrocki, speaks about her coma, and the amazing book that resulted from it.
J. Timothy Quirk interviewing another Connecticut luminary (my wife Amy Nawrocki).
On Nutmeg Chatter
I was honored to be interviewed once again by J. Timothy Quirk on Nutmeg Chatter, which is broadcast on numerous radio stations and is available as a podcast here. We discuss Oliver Ellsworth, Eli Whitney, Bun Lai, Prudence Crandall, Katharine Hepburn, and more of Connecticut's "vanguard."
Quoted Extensively by the History Channel
Well, my book Homegrown Terror was used in a Jeopardy question, but being interviewed and quoted by the History Channel website is also a big thrill. John Seven's latest article, "Why Did Benedict Arnold Betray America?" includes a good deal of my commentary on the subject.
Review of The Comet's Tail
My wife's amazing memoir, The Comet's Tail, was reviewed recently by New Pages. Check it out.
Embodied Effigies
Check out my short memoir piece, "Fool's Gold, Ocean City," in issue 7 of Embodied Effigies. Upon re-reading, I am very pleased with this!
Article in Zip 06
Check out the very extensive article by Pem McNerny in Zip06, the Shore News conglomerate. She does a great job reviewing and giving examples of Connecticut Vanguards. Come see me at RJ Julia this coming Wednesday.
Article in the Newtown Bee
Check out the article in the latest Newtown Bee on my wife Amy Nawrocki's amazing memoir of her coma, The Comet's Tail.
Photo courtesy of the Connecticut Post
Article in the Connecticut Post on Town Greens
Excited to have an article on Town Greens appear in the Connecticut Post this weekend. Here is the web version.
Sol Lewitt's Wall Drawing #1105 “Colored bands of arcs from four corners.” Wall Drawing #1105 “Colored bands of arcs from four corners” Photo by Jack Keane
Article in the Fairfield County Papers
Huge article in the Hersam Acorn Papers of Connecticut today on Connecticut Vanguards by Brad Durrell. Very exciting!
Review in the Waterbury Republican
Alan Bisbort of the Waterbury Republican American reviews Connecticut Vanguards here.
The Comet's Tail is about to be released
Is it weird that I'm more excited about my wife's imminent book release than two of my own?
Father and Son by James Whistler, 1895
Review of Father and Son by Edmund Gosse
Check out my latest article on Berfrois, "The Crux of Our Sundering," about Edmund Gosse's touching memoir of his father.
Dick Allen (right) chats with fellow Connecticut author David Leff at Nomad's End.
Dick Allen Passes Away
Amy and I were saddened to find out that our friend and fellow Connecticut author, Dick Allen, has passed away. I feel privileged to have known him. His poem, "On the New Haven Line," is one of my top ten favorites of all time. Find it in Garnet Poems, or elsewhere.
The Sweet (and Sour) History of Connecticut Pork
Check out our latest article in Edible Nutmeg.
Review of Trout Fishing in America
Check out my latest review of Richard Brautigan's lost classic up at Empty Mirror Books.
Review of John Fowles's A Maggot
My review of John Fowles's novel A Maggot is up at Berfrois. He is one of my favorite authors, but I don't let him get away with the sleight-of-hand he pulls in his last novel.
The Anthology of Babel Is On Its Way
"Why should there only be literary scholarship about authors who actually lived, and texts which exist? Where are the articles on Enoch Campion, Linus Withold, Zelda Calhoun, Redondo Panza, Darshan Singh, or Heidi B. Morton? That none of these are real authors should be no impediment to interpreting their invented writings. In the first collection of its kind, The Anthology of Babel publishes academic articles by scholars on authors, books, and movements that are completely invented. Blurring the lines between scholarship and creative writing, The Anthology of Babel inaugurates a completely new literary genre perfectly attuned to the era we live in, a project evocative of Jorge-Louis Borges, Umberto Eco, and Italo Calvino."
Look for this amazing anthology (and my essay/story in it) forthcoming Summer 2018 from Punctum Books. Linus Withold (mentioned above) is my boy.
Connecticut Book Awards
I was honored to be a finalist for the 2017 Connecticut Book Awards, and to attend the ceremony at the Mark Twain House. It was great to meet the other authors and the hard working judges from Connecticut Humanities.
Finalists for Fiction: Wally Lamb, Robert Patton (winner), Susan Rashid, and Eric Lehman.
The Slow History of Hasty Pudding
Life and the Arts
Read the first essay in my new column for The Wayfarer, Life and the Arts.
"Engage in the arts. Begin to be. Become."