John Dos Passos and the Steamboat Era
New video, “John Dos Passos in the Steamboat Era,” from the John Dos Passos Institute! American author John Dos Passos, the inspiration for the John Dos Passos Institute, was a […]
John Dos Passos Institute
The John Dos Passos Institute, a new education nonprofit inspired by the American author and located in Westmoreland County, Virginia, is building a video series. The first is a general […]
In My Grandfather’s Library
Thanks to the Jackdaw Review for publishing my new poem, “In My Grandfather’s Library.” See Page 32. It’s a whimsical ode to my grandfather’s massive, antique, earthy library. Every writer […]
Birthday
Today is John Dos Passos’s birthday! His physical frame may be gone, but his words, his spirit–they endure. “In times of change and danger when there is a quicksand of […]
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 […]
