I have been listening to a lot of commencement addresses over the past two weeks, and I've been a listener of commencement addresses for a long time. NPR's The Best Commencement…
A small suggestion:Try to be a calming influence on the world. There are already enough people in the world doing the opposite. Constantly asserting how harried, all consuming, and fast paced our…
It's always interesting to listen to people discuss your novel and the choices you made (including why I am published in the UK under the name Matthew Green). This video…
Just this past week I heard from listeners who heard one or more of my stories on The Moth's podcast, The Moth Radio Hour, and/or The Moth's website in:Cape Town, South…
I spent a portion of Saturday night in the company of Elysha and some of her lady friends. They were discussing what their single straight girlfriends should look for in…
My favorite thing about my daughter's picture of skateboarders is the smiles on their faces. She wouldn't climb aboard a skateboard if her life depended upon it. Maybe this will change…
I published a piece entitled Perilous Pizza in the June/July edition of The Cook's Cook. It deals with food insecurity in my childhood and how it influenced many of my…
My humor column in the spring edition of Seasons magazine (page 49-50) on the horror and occasional joy of springtime dance recitals.
I like the Freakonomics podcast quite a bit, and if I could choose a new friend, I think I'd take Steve Levitt, an economist and co-author of the Freakonomics books…
A profile of me entitled Telling Tales. which appeared in the June 2016 edition of Newington LIFE and West Hartford LIFE - a local Connecticut magazine.
