A year's worth of thousand-word, topical essays concerning Modern Times.
My twentieth book, THE HISTORY HOTEL, appeared in March, 2023. Essays of mine have appeared in BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS, 2014 and 2018. I live with my wife Janet in Montpelier, Vermont.
My personal Substack Here I write about life as I experience it including activities in the world, whether it is the real world or the one in my head. I hope you will enjoy spending time in there. I know I do.
What is it like to arrive at the far side of 3/4 of a century and awaken to the idea that both habitable life and democracy are threatened with extinction? This will be a record of my attempt to process these great disturbances with courage and love.