Bare-breasted women are perfectly fine but Dicks was offensive?
Though my most recent novel, MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND, is published in England (and doing quite well), I’ve never had the pleasure of visiting the country. But it has…
Though my most recent novel, MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND, is published in England (and doing quite well), I’ve never had the pleasure of visiting the country. But it has…
As I was driving my four year-old daughter to preschool, she revealed that her two favorite insects are butterflies and tarantulas. I know. She explained that she loves butterflies…
My partner and I started our DJ business 17 years ago on a whim. We had no experience and no equipment but thought we could make it work. Since 1997,…
As a teacher, I am asked hundreds of questions a day. Occasionally I am asked a question that is so new, so strange or so challenging that I make note…
Watching my daughter teach my son something new is just about as good as it gets.
Slate’s Matthew Yglesias reports on the economics of a new drug called Modafinil, which appears to let people get by with much less sleep than they do today. When I…
First I see Slate’s tweet: The American way of using a fork and knife is inefficient and inelegant. Here's a better way: http://slate.me/11MPniB I’m annoyed. The piece already sounds trite…
I am often asked where I get the inspiration and ideas for my stories, especially considering that I’m fortunate enough to have so many ideas from which to choose. A…
This is supposedly a TED Talk about the anatomy of a New Yorker cartoon, but it is also a dissertation on the nature of humor and what makes things funny.…
Sometime in the fall of 2014, I will be seated onstage with international bestselling author Sarah McCoy, speaking to an audience of readers and booksellers about books and writing, and…