Final Act
“I have been a fiction writer by choice and instinct for a long professional life. It has been a leap for me to tell the truth.” So begins the preface to Escape!, Sid Fleischman’s biography of Harry Houdini. Fleischman was … Continued
“Will Rogers Says”: Divide the Country in Two
Divided. Polarized. Broken. Is the state of our politics at an all-time low? Is our grand experiment in republican government breaking apart? Our fears may overblown, yet they are hard to dismiss out of hand. The nation faced its greatest … Continued
Gentlest Angel
It is Christmas day, circa 1975, late morning, perhaps early afternoon. Wrapping paper litters the living room floor, we three boys–Eric, Chris, and I–are putting our new gadgets and games to the test. Mom is performing her magic in the … Continued