An Eye-Minded People
In 1936, in the pages of Esquire, John Dos Passos wrote, “In the last twenty-five years a change has come over the visual habits of Americans…From being a word-minded people […]
In Praise of the Apollo Program
One of the last things my grandfather John Dos Passos wrote was an ode to the Apollo Program. It’s so relevant, reminding us what we can do when we overcome […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
