Readers Digest picks Columbine atop True Crime Top 10 list
This really made me happy. Reader's Digest just compiled a list of"10 True Crime Books That Are So Chilling, You Shouldn’t Read Them at...
Teaching writing in Vermont this July
I can't wait. I'll be teaching at a week-long Writing Intensive program in Vermont this July. It's open to all, but offers free tuition...
Meeting Nick Bilton at his 'American Kingpin' book launch
How great meeting Nick Bilton at his Vanity Fair book launch party Tuesday night. (I sheepishly approached, and when I said my name for...
Tolstoy gives his narrator omniscience in Anna Karenina, but...
Tolstoy gives his narrator omniscience in Anna Karenina, but he's selectively omniscient. Is that uncommon? He made me question where I...
Unveiling the Frank DeAngelis Center
What a beautiful sight: Unveiling of the new first responder training ground, named after Frank DeAngelis, Columbine principal during the...
The right shade of aqua
Searching for the right apartment colors in April 2011, I snapped this shot of a PBS/Masterpiece show off the TV. I still love that...
Never Forget: 13 faces lost at Columbine 18 years ago
By the way, it's time to end this. But today is about remembering:
Cassie Bernall, 17
Steven Curnow, 14
Corey Depooter, 17
Kelly Flemin
I signed expanded Columbine copies at 3 NYC stores
The weather got gorgeous, so I hopped on a citibike and signed copies of the expanded version of Columbine at 3 New York City bookstores....
Today's obsession: Tolstoy and English kings
So which will I obsess over today? I didn't even realize as I was ordering them that I was pairing up my dueling obsessions: the Russian...
High school journalists shame phony principal out
This made my heart sing. These amazing high school kids investigated their new principal's bogus credentials for 3 weeks, published their...
