Remembering Tayloe Murphy
Last week, I was heartbroken by the death of my very first mentor, Tayloe Murphy. He was a statesman, a family man, and a good friend. Men like him should […]
Recent Presentation on Author John Dos Passos
In June, Professor Aaron Shaheen at University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, one of the best John Dos Passos scholars in the world and co-founder of the John Dos Passos Society, delivered an […]
New Poem: “Dominic Talks Fountain Pens”
The literary magazine, Cathexis Northwest Press, recently published my poem, “Dominic Talks Fountain Pens.” I’m grateful. Below the text of the poem, I explain its origin.
Art with Fountain Pens
A friend of mine is a passionate collector of fountain pens. In fact, I wrote a poem about it (still hoping to publish it). He recently showed me some of […]
New Annotated Manhattan Transfer
I’ve started digging into Donald Pizer’s new annotated version of Manhattan Transfer and it’s awesome. Here is a very helpful note on page 3 that explains the context of the title: “During this […]
The Campers at Kitty Hawk
This is a spectacularly innovative adaptation of John Dos Passos’s work. Enjoy this video of composer Michael Dellaira’s choral song based on Dos Passos’s biography of the Wright brothers in the […]