I Grew Up in California. I No Longer Live There.
He would talk about what happened to him. That was not the problem. The problem was that nobody wanted to listen.
Tag: America
America is a subject, a market, and an argument, sometimes in the same paragraph. These articles cover American themes in writing: the country’s stories, its publishing market, and the cultural currents writers work inside.
AmericaRead Across America Day
Read Across America Day is March 2. A lifelong reader on how books protected him as a child, how taste changes over a life, and why a book matters to a kid.
AlgorithmsTikTok as a Weaponized Echo Chamber – From Chinese Cyberweapon to American Problem
TikTok is not just dancing teens and recipe hacks; it is a weaponizable influence engine that can radicalize, mobilize, and activate people en masse without their noticing, because it never has to hack your phone, only your feed. The ownership…
AmericaFrom Castro’s Cuba to America’s Courtroom: The Remarkable Journey of Judge Alex Ferrer
In 1961 a Cuban family fled Castro with their one-year-old son, traded established careers for minimum-wage jobs in Miami, and that infant grew up to become a cop at nineteen, the youngest Circuit Court judge in Miami-Dade history, a death-penalty…
AmericaDEI Leadership Guide: Creating an Inclusive Culture in Corporate America
See how a leading DEI consulting company created a powerful guidebook for corporate leaders.
AmericaJohn Lynch: A Ghostwriter and Historical Novelist Who Writes the People at the Bottom
Ghostwriter and historical novelist John Lynch joins Author Talks to discuss writing about common people, professionalism, and no writer's block.