Sandy Cameron's Magic Violin

For years, I’ve tried to express the power of music in my writing. Thanks to the inspiration of master violinist Sandy Cameron, I’ve come closer than ever. See my new […]

The World at the End of a Line

My new article on my grandfather John Dos Passos’s love of the sea, “The World at the End of a Line,” is published online (and soon, in print) at The […]

Futebol!

My top book recommendation of 2022: Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life by Alex Bellos. “Of all nations, none has a people that loves and falls in love more than […]

Columbo Revisited

Over the holidays, I got back into watching Columbo mysteries. As a kid, I watched the reruns often. I find it quite relaxing to watch Columbo unspool a murder at […]

Chilean Podcast on John Dos Passos

Awesome new Chilean podcast reading (in Spanish) one of author John Dos Passos’s best written, most inspiring letters. Written to his friend Rumsey Marvin in 1918. Encantado! Here is an […]

John Dos Passos Visits Rockall

My grandfather’s memoirs, The Best Times, always has surprises in store, even on my 44th reading (I don’t know how many readings I’m up to at this point, but it’s […]

Walkin' Lawton: 10th Anniversary

It’s been nearly ten years since Walkin’ Lawton published! I will always look back fondly on the years I spent producing my biography of Florida icon Lawton Chiles. More than […]

Dos Passos and Orwell

Last weekend, at the American Literature Association in Chicago, I presented on John Dos Passos and George Orwell–how their lives converged and their legacies diverged. They met once during the […]

The Art of John Dos Passos

Interesting reference to the painting style of John Dos Passos in The Guardian: “Yun Gee’s Street Scene is composed at a vertiginous angle, giving the piece an off-balanced sensation. Consisting […]