The “Writing Awake” workshop at Esalen this past weekend was wonderful. What a great group of people, remarkable stories, powerful writing,…

Summer is the season for letting go. It’s our time to be unserious and reasonably irresponsible. “Deep summer is when laziness…

Here’s my latest piece for Purple Clover.  It’s called “My Invisible Lover,” and tells the story of Laura Sauvebelle, my college…

Talking to poet Ellen Bass for Psychology Today was a genuine honor.  I have admired Ellen’s work since the 1980s and…

Summer is the season for stopping the rat race, for leisure, pleasure, letting go, drawing outside the margins, and cultivating irresponsibility….

Reader’s Digest chose “The Boy He Left Behind” as one of its “17 Memoirs Everyone Should Read” in this month’s issue….