Farewell to Hotel Oloffson
Rolling Stone reports that Haiti’s Hotel Oloffson has burned down. My grandfather John Dos Passos stayed there in 1948 with Dawn Powell and the Given family, at a low point […]
Column: To tackle sea level rise, Hampton Roads needs NOAA
NOAA has given me a lot and here in this editorial I tried to give back. I deliver a strong defense of NOAA’s budget in a major Virginia newspaper, The […]
Keeping fans safe in a warming world: a growing challenge for outdoor events
Just before Climate.gov closed, I co-authored a new essay on the importance of building heat safety protocols for fans at outdoor venues like concerts and football games. The Climate.gov team […]
Tour of Duty
Reading John Dos Passos’s Tour of Duty, a fine work that has fallen off the map, I came across this description of Nazi mastermind Goering on trial at Nuremberg. Echoes […]
Becoming a Writer in the House of Science
Thanks to Neon Origami for publishing my mini-memoir of my summer program in physics at Cambridge University in 1999. In a twist of fate, that science study opened me up […]
Grandma Died Dreaming of the Caribbean
My new poem, “Grandma Died Dreaming of the Caribbean,” is published on page 177 of The Blue Mountain Review. Elizabeth Holdridge Dos Passos was a sailor and adventurer. With her […]
Voices of the Revolution
Great event Friday at the Embassy of Portugal for Dr. Paul Manuel’s book on the Portuguese revolution, Voices of the Revolution. From the introduction: “On April 25, 1974, Portugal’s armed […]
Sailing on the Potomac River
Thanks to Cathexis Northwest Press for publishing my new poem, “Sailing on the Potomac River.” See Page 35 of the current issue. This poem will join about 40 others in […]
Found Voices
Just beginning to dig into poet Derek Kannemeyer‘s new collection of persona poems, Found Voices. I’m already having a great time. The first piece is a journal written by a […]
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.
