Mercury House and Ballantine Books published three of my novels, all to high critical praise. My book of short stories, Little Bridget and The Flames of Hell, was recently published on Amazon.com.
I dreamed I saw Joe DiMaggio last night, alive as you and me.It was in the old San Francisco Seals stadium at 16th and Potrero Streets, where I occasionally went to games when I was a child. This was before the New York Giants came to San Francisco and ruined the fortunes of the Pacific Coast League (although a part of the minors, it was often called the Third Major because of the excellence of ...
These days political torture is being much examined in the news: its use by the recently defeated Republican Party team of George Bush, its purposes, its physical effects on those tortured, its success (or lack of same) as an investigative device. Questioning and torture, we have learned, frequently go hand in hand, and Jacobo Timerman knew quite a bit about that.“Are you a Jew?” A ...
The beautiful runway models, so enhanced by the artfully-designed dress or gown, by the sensuous sway of the well-appointed evening wrap or the gathering of motion in color and surprising embroidery, are testament to what the poet Robert Herrick was describing when he wrote “Next, when I cast mine eyes and see/That brave vibration each way free. . .”. But there is one thing that clutters this ...
