Megalodon Tooth

Check out my new poem, “Megalodon Tooth,” in Cathexis Northwest Press (Nov-Dec 2024 issue, Page 35). It’s about an iconic fossil–a family heirloom. It’s also about fathers and sons.

Snapping Turtle Face

New poem! It’s been a prolific week. “Lord Fairfax the Snapping Turtle” is my satire of one suburban family’s treatment of a pet snapping turtle. Thanks to Hare’s Paw Literary […]

Son of Portugal Seed Money

The seed money for Son of Portugal, my original feature film project, is fully funded on Kickstarter thanks to the generosity of family, friends, and colleagues! At its center, Son […]

Kickstarter Week 1: Son of Portugal

Kickstarter Week 1 for my film project, Son of Portugal, has been wonderful and so instructive! I’m humbled by the support for this project in the United States, Portugal, and […]

Kickstarter Launch!

“While we live,” my grandfather once wrote, “we must make the torch burn ever brighter until it flares out in the socket.” Today, I announce the launch of my Kickstarter […]

Let Freedom Read Day

Today, on Let Freedom Read Day, I remember that the evil Third Reich burned and later forbid author John Dos Passos’s books. The Nazis accused Dos Passos’s writings of being […]

Kim Stanley Robinson Revisited

In this old interview, famous climate fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson credits John Dos Passos, author of the esteemed U.S.A. trilogy of novels, as a key influence on both 2312 […]

Climate.gov: Climate and Extreme Heat

New Climate.gov journalism on extreme heat! Congrats to a wonderful team (Amber Liggett, MSEM, Melissa DeFrancesco, Gillen Curren) who collaborated on research/writing for months to highlight NOAA-funded scholar Ladd Keith‘s important work on heat policy […]

Sharks and Men (Publication Day)

Publication Day! My new poem about shark conservation, “Sharks and Men” is on Page 128 of the fall issue of The Banyan Review. (Drawing is my own). “With a standard […]