Genre Fiction and Literary Fiction
When I was growing up in Skokie, IL, my parents and I had an agreement about books. I could read anything I wanted to read so long as I stayed away from books they found too smutty for me. Though, throughout most of my childhood, they rarely looked at what I read. And I did [...]
Gay Bashing Must End
I have had a stomach full of the gay bashing in this Republican Primary Season. Certainly, I have lived with this all my life and so have most LGBTQ people but at some point, there has to be an end to it and with loud voices speaking on our behalf not just from our community. [...]
What a year SSP has had. Of course the launch of Scags at 18 was the real icing on the cake, but believe me, there were so many other great milestones achieved this year that it bears repeating–what a year! I am thoroughly pleased that Scags at 18 is finished and available. What has made [...]
I have to get this news out to as many people as I can today. It isn’t because I have any news of my own I want to write about but because what I am seeing today has shaken me up and it needs to be shared. As many of you know, Michael Moore was [...]
Justin Martin’s Guest Blog
A Guest Blog by Justin Martin, author of Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted. Frequently now we are asking other writers to make use of this blog in order to tell you about what they have written and what they think about their work. Justin Martin is a biographer and has also [...]
Virginia Woolf has invaded me
I know, that is a weird thing to say, right? I mean, people are willing to say things like “who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf” but not acknowledge how completely her work can take one over. Well, it’s true and it’s wonderful. Having now been completely infected by “A Room of One’s Own,” I can confess [...]
Last night was a wonderful night in Foley Square in New York City. The canyon of tall buildings we stood in are dedicated to power and its authority. We were also cordoned in by police barriers and the unmistakable presence of the police, three deep on the streets, with their riot gear and protective clothing. [...]
Guest blog by Suzanne Pyrch
I have asked people to submit guest blogs for this site. Here is a post by Suzanne Pyrch. Her post is about helping to grow the environmental movement by turning young people onto this field of study through the creation of CSI-like TV dramas that solve environmental rather than criminal cases. This is a really [...]
Guest Blog by Jacquelyn Judd
I have asked a number of people to contribute guest blogs to this blog site. More voices than just mine seem in order. If you are interested in joining this guest list, please write to me and I will arrange for your blog to also be posted. Jacquelyn wrote her blog post in response to [...]
We all need to support #OWS
In early October, Suzanne and I had a run in with the police. It was a silly moment on Broadway on the east side of Zuccotti Park. The large police man needed to push us off the sidewalk if we weren’t taking pictures or waiting for a bus. I wasn’t blocking the traffic on the [...]
