Best first sentence for a new story ever
More than a year after this story first ran, I have yet to find a better first sentence for a news story ever: A gay man tried to poison his…
The Reverse Nap
I’ve started a thing, and someday you’ll be able to say that you knew the guy who started the thing and remember when it started to become a thing. The…
Plans for the weekend? Why not join me, Jane Yolen and Stuart O’Nan for something I don’t entirely understand.
For anyone interested and in the area, I will be appearing at the Brattleboro Literary Festival this weekend along with an enormous assemblage of far more interesting and well known…
Plants can smell. Plants can see. Now plants are capable of evading predators and determining friend from foe.
I have always secretly hoped that someday we would discover that plants are just as sentient as animals, and as a result, the ethical vegans of the world would be…
Background TV sucks. It turns out it’s bad for kids, too. But mostly it sucks.
The song “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” is about a couple who are struggling to stay together. In hope of salvaging their relationship, the boy reminds his girlfriend that regardless of their…
Add this to my job list. Not this.
Last week I wrote about the many career aspirations that I have when I finally decide to retire from teaching (which isn’t anytime soon). It’s recently come to my attention…
The Dutch cover of MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND is unlike any so far.
It’s been interesting to watch the different covers of MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND roll out worldwide as foreign publishers begin to release the book. With last week’s sale to…
The Italians love Budo
As I wait for MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND to begin its ascent up the New York Times bestseller list, I am happy to report that the book, retitled IMAGINARY…
The three day, three month, three year test
Last year the New England Patriots played the Kansas City Chiefs on a Monday night in Foxboro. My fellow season ticket holder could not attend the game for less than…
She is her father’s daughter
In one hand is an iPhone, playing an episode of “Charlie and Lola,” a British cartoon that she loves. In the other is a puzzle that she is trying to…
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