There are books that have golden nuggets in them. Pearl Cleage’s, Things I Should Have Told My Daughter, published by Atria books (a division of Simon & Schuster) in 2014 has two golden nuggets I want to mention. From page 41 in her memoir, she writes, “It is so important to be conscious even when […]
For me, investigative work goes along with writing. It usually begins with a question or questions. Whether it is an historical piece, science, political and/or corporate criminal issues, crime scene, etc., it takes time, concerted effort, motivation and determination to find the facts. It’s up to you to decide whether to weave the story into […]
Téa Obreht has her fictional debut in the New Yorker with “The Tiger’s Wife.” The story, taken from her novel that’s due out this April, questions fact and fiction based upon memory. Obreht begins her story with one fact. The city was bombed in 1941 by Germans. The story immediately breaks from that shifting into […]