In the beginning
My latest conversation with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, this time about her new book on Genesis.
All posts tagged: Author interviews
The wages of erasure is reenactment
My conversation with Wright Thompson, author of the award-winning book “The Barn.”
When history, myth, and memory clash
An interview with John Garrison Marks on understanding George Washington’s legacy of slavery.
When our refuge is shattered
Nathaniel Popkin talks with me about his new novel and age-old divisions that remain with us today.
Walking as a subversive act
My chat with Ann de Forest―editor of “Ways of Walking”―celebrating movement at a human pace.
Nativity stories that provoke, encourage, and perhaps even inspire
Talking with Amy-Jill Levine about what foreshadows the familiar nativity stories of Advent.
Pull up a chair and let’s talk
Summarizing 20 conversations with authors about writing, truth, the past, the present, and life’s lessons.
A wild dream, an old Victorian, and a few grapevines from a kind neighbor
Rich Moran chats with me about his memoir of how an old house and a vineyard changed his life.
Observing history through a wider lens
European military historian Jeremy Black, MBE answers my questions about his new work, “The Civil War.”
Observations from . . . September 2025
A summary of posts included in the MORE TO COME newsletter during September 2025.
