BOBBY: A Story of Robert F. Kennedy
To celebrate the publication (today!) of BOBBY: A Story of Robert F. Kennedy, here is a book-birth story. The path to publication began in 2007 — 15 years ago — at a conference in Washington, D.C. where I had lunch with some publishing people and we got to talking...
bookshop.org
Here we go. I want indies to survive this pandemic so they are still here, creating community and a literate society, for us and with us, as they've always done, when we emerge from our sheltering in place. Please consider opening a book buying account at bookshop.org...
books in the time of corona
Hello, friends. What a time. I've made some posts on IG and want to put them here, where I will end up posting in more depth about Kent State and other books, and, well, life in the time of corona, I guess. Without belaboring anything, here is post one, which I'll...
diversity in my books, part 4, kent state
[Note: this is a February (sneaking into March) series on the diverse themes and characters in Deborah Wiles’s books. I’m publishing the series during Black History Month, with the full knowledge that my books are written from a white person’s point of view (as I am...
diversity and my books, part 3, the Sixties Trilogy
[Note: this is a February series on the diverse themes and characters in Deborah Wiles’s books. I’m publishing the series during Black History Month, with the full knowledge that my books are written from a white person’s point of view (as I am white), and that every...
diversity and my books, part 2, the Aurora County novels
[Note: this is a February series on the diverse themes and characters in Deborah Wiles’s books. I’m publishing the series during Black History Month, with the full knowledge that my books are written from a white person’s point of view (as I am white), and that every...
the book of love
"The Book of Love" by The Magnetic Fields, written by Stephin Merritt, and posted by me today, for Jim Pearce. I took a long, surprising, winding road to this valentine of mine, and didn't even know I was headed in this direction. But here I am and here we are, and...
diversity and my books, part 1, freedom summer
[Note: this is a February series on the diverse themes and characters in Deborah Wiles's books. I'm publishing the series during Black History Month, with the full knowledge that my books are written from a white person's point of view (as I am white), and that every...
new year, new path
Greetings at the close of an old year, the beginning of a new year, and a journey into the great unknown. As is every day. We shepherded Anthem into print in 2019; it had a short moment in the sun, since it was published in October, so you'll be learning more about...
ANTHEM is coming, chapter 47
ANTHEM, Book 3 of the Sixties Trilogy, publishes on October 1. Each of the book's 47 chapters begins with a song from the Sixties to set the tone, mood, and scene. Every day between now and October 1, come have a listen and read a snippet from each chapter. On October...
ANTHEM is coming, chapter 46
ANTHEM, Book 3 of the Sixties Trilogy, publishes on October 1. Each of the book's 47 chapters begins with a song from the Sixties to set the tone, mood, and scene. Every day between now and October 1, come have a listen and read a snippet from each chapter. On October...
ANTHEM is coming, chapter 45
ANTHEM, Book 3 of the Sixties Trilogy, publishes on October 1. Each of the book's 47 chapters begins with a song from the Sixties to set the tone, mood, and scene. Every day between now and October 1, come have a listen and read a snippet from each chapter. On October...