Originally published in somewhat different form on Facebook, 19 February 2014. Something I’ve discovered as a professional writer, with my own very small claim to fame: The folks who come up to me with “a stack” of books to sign are generally not interested in my writing, but in creating items to sell. Frankly — […]
And then there are the premises that, once advanced, illustrate only ugliness on the part of those who present them. I am talking about recent punditry attacking Chelsea Clinton. Some of this is being promoted by Republicans and others by supporters of Bernie Sanders to whom Hillary is such an evil prospect that they seek to […]
Originally published on Facebook 8 February 2015. Asked of me in my book reviewer function: “How much lead time do you need for a reading copy, for books to review in your column?” Okay. Here’s the math. I review four books per bi-monthly column. Sometimes I stretch to five, more rarely six, if books come […]