Except when not. Alas, the one I'd hoped to post today didn't come through-- although already in line for next week, still-to-be-for...

Just uploaded a new podcast: my reading of my article for Inside Mexico , "A Traveler in Mexico: A Rendezvous with Writer Rosemary Sull...

I met Mare Cromwell , one of the most interesting writers I know, at the Maryland Writers Association's annual conference.* A master ga...

Just back from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Their very interesting Historical Museum has just moved into spiffy new digs. James Howard Kunstl...

My amiga Julia Sussner is a never-ending inspiration to me. Fresh out of grad school (Cambridge University) with a degree in narrative archi...

Here's one for my top 10 books read list 2011: the beautifully told The Beekeeper's Lament by Hannah Nordhaus . Think of it as an u...

If you've been following this blog you know I blog more often about Mexico than any place else. But horizons do expand and more than occ...

One of the loveliest things about having published Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion with Whereabouts Press is that I get to hea...

I must be getting old but it really does seem like yesterday that I walked into my office and, from a tinny radio, heard the first absolutel...

It's a very special honor to host Sam Quinones this Wednesday because he is one of the writers I most admire. Some years ago, I gave hi...