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 […]
Virginia Tomato Fever
Thanks to Hare’s Paw Literary Journal for publishing my new poem, “Virginia Tomato Fever,” a fun ode to tomatoes, good and bad. Inspired by the culture of Virginia’s Northern Neck. […]
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 […]
The Marsh That King Tobacco Made
Thanks to Half and One for publishing my new prose poem, “The Marsh That King Tobacco Made.” It’s a musing about the history of King Tobacco in Tidewater Virginia and […]
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 […]
Remembering Calvin Ball
I’m delighted to share my new poem celebrating the life of Calvin Ball. He was a caretaker for Dos Passos Farm in so many ways–guarding against illegal hunting, looking after […]
Perriello on Climate
“The Republicans may win some seats because of this vote, but they can’t regain their souls for demagoguing the issue,” Tom Perriello said of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade climate bill of […]
Tom Perriello for Virginia Governor
Just returned from a fundraiser for Tom Perriello. Great economic message and a forward-thinking climate and energy message. He gets what’s going on in America. He gets the opioid crisis. […]
Dos Passos-Savvy
I’ve been working so hard on the Dos Passos legacy lately, I wrote a poem about it: Dos Passos-savvy When I was a boy I knew books; they showed […]
