Teacher and Author
The Goodnight Moon Room upstairs at the Blue Marble is small. I wasn’t worried about filling it. But a number of people had regretted at the last minute, and I was beginning to feel the onset of disappointment. To my … Continued
I made my first author visit this week: a presentation to the Wilson Elementary School Running Club. Imagine my surprise to find there were more than fifty young runners in attendance. Forest Hills sponsors its own 5K race in May which draws … Continued
Marathons are commonplace now, but one of the earliest 20th-century long-distance races was the multiday, coast-to-coast Transcontinental Foot Race, little known now but an event that captured the world’s imagination in 1928. The race began in Los Angeles and finished … Continued
The Great American Foot Race will be released on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. A signing event will take place at Blue Marble Books on Thursday, April 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The store is located at 1356 S. Ft. … Continued
I just finished reading M. T. Anderson‘s Symphony for the City of the Dead, a book that feels like it was written specifically for me. I love the music of Dmitri Shostakovich and have wondered for many years how he … Continued
Jonathan Daniels may be the most important Civil Rights hero you’ve never heard about. Rich and Sandra Wallace aim to correct that injustice with their new book, Blood Brother. The subtitle says a lot: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for … Continued