A Sneak Peek Prologue
I offer the deleted prologue of my unpublished contemporary YA novel to give blog readers a sense of the story.
I offer the deleted prologue of my unpublished contemporary YA novel to give blog readers a sense of the story.
Discussing my unpublished contemporary novel that sheds light on the rise of Donald Trump among the white working class in the U.S.
A summary of a panel co-sponsored by PEN and the Center for Fiction on breaking in as a translator, including advice on mentoring and choosing a publisher.
A defense of literary fiction to challenge the notion that books are only necessary if they are bestsellers.
A discussion of the recently released Diversity Baseline Survey, why it's important, and the next steps.
In preparing to offer writing workshops to incarcerated teens, I was inspired by the play Key Change, about women in prison in the UK.
My thoughts on self-publishing some of my blog pieces and other essays on writing, travel, culture, politics, and growing up on the outside looking in.
Michigan governor Rick Snyder won't go to jail for the poisoned water, but thousands of children in Flint might. And this is why we need Black Lives Matter.
If you knew that the best grade you could get in a course you really wanted to take was a C, would you still take the course?
Blog food reviewer Richard Lachmann's roundup of the restaurants we visited on our trip to Venice and Florence.