Writer’s Island

Last night I was shocked to see poet Jeff Tagami’s name on the “In Memoriam” list in this month’s Poets & Writers . Jeff was...

A while back, I was talking with my friend, the poet Amy MacLennan , about an odd topic. We’ve both been reader/editors for literary jou...

Like a lot of people, I spent this past week glued to the TV, soaking up the Olympics. For me, it’s been an early-morning thing, hanging o...

I am in mourning. After five seasons, my favorite TV show, Eureka , has called it quits. This funny, smart series about an odd little No...

Gardening is a solitary business, and that’s one of its charms. For me, a day alone in the yard, digging and weeding, usually cures whatev...

Life is full of things we never get a chance to do. Some, like flying to the moon or winning an Olympic gold medal, are just statistically...

Last night, while I was looking for pictures of my mother to post on Facebook for Mother’s Day, I ran across the eulogy that I w...