Yesterday morning, I received the most haunting and devastating e-mail from a long-lost friend. All day, his e-mail hung in the foreground of my mind, and I couldn’t shake it. It’s one of those correspondences that makes you shiver, shake, and cry, and immediately, you want to drive over to where he is, and wrap […]
Secrets of the City
Well, my dear reader, tonight is my first official reading. If you’re interested in hearing me pontificate about Eve (okay, not so much) and answer questions and sign your lovely books, I’m reading at Magers & Quinn in Uptown at 7:30. Let’s see, shall I read about Eve waking in the Garden for the first […]
Reviews and Dorothy Day
Two more lovely reviews of Eve from the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Historical Novels Review. You can read portions of them on the Media page. Well, for a long time now I’ve wanted to read Dorothy Day’s autobiography The Long Loneliness, because I’ve read other books about her, written by other people, and I […]
Novelist as God & Clever Learning Ideas
This week’s Speaking of Faith broadcast “Novelist as God” piqued my interest, for in the outlining and writing of Eve, I was playing God. I had to ponder questions like: Was the Garden a perfect place? Did Adam and Eve have sex in the Garden? Did Adam and Eve have children in the Garden? Were […]
Wroblewski’s Webcast
If you’ve not read David Wroblewski’s The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, you must. I reviewed it shortly before Oprah picked it as one of her Book Club selections. You can read my review here, but be forewarned, I include spoilers, so you may want to wait until after reading. This past Monday evening, Oprah held […]