(Normally I’ve got a pic of Marcel Proust’s room here, because this website is a cork-lined writing refuge. But now I’m going for sunrises and fresh starts. Joshua Tree, Jan. 2018, a succulent-lined writing refuge)

Latest News:

• My next Getting Started course at Catapult will be Tuesdays, June 5-19!
• Longreads has published my latest essay, “The Man in the Mirror.” Thank you for your support–and for the trust with which you’ve shared your own stories with me.
• A great year for me at Lapham’s Quarterly: they published “How Deep Is Your Love?” in the Fall 2017 Music Issue. “History in Wax” was a Notable in The Best American Essays 2017.

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