Jul 22, 2019 | Current Ned Note, On Books, On Writing, Past Notes
I had the pleasure of getting a preview of Katie Grindeland’s debut novel The Gifts We Keep, published by the student cooperative at Ooligan Press. Grindeland’s book was the winner of the 2016 Multnomah County Library Writers Project, and richly deserved...
Jul 15, 2019 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes
A fascinating history of the Space Shuttle Development, originally published by Alan Tatourian. June 18, 2019 · by Alan Tatourian Links to the lectures: Origins of the Space Shuttle or The Making of a new Program Development of the Space Shuttle Introduction by Jeff...
Jun 11, 2019 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes
The Real World of Jasper Hunter || READ more about The Real World of Jasper Hunter >> Ascension Sunlight seeps out of the edge of the dark sky and leaks across the Black Rock Desert. Everywhere the light touched turns white, the heat of the day taking...
Apr 15, 2019 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes
I’m very excited to announced that Sinful Folk, my historical novel set in medieval England, will finally appear in Spanish as Pueblo Pérfido, with the original English jacket and the original layout and style. For those Spanish-speaking readers,...
Mar 16, 2019 | Current Ned Note, Poetry
W.S. Merwin 1927-2019 The walls join hands and It is tomorrow : The birds clucking to the horses, the horses Doing the numbers for the hell of it, The numbers playing the calendars, The saints marching in, It seems only yesterday, when what I keep saying to myself is...
Jan 21, 2019 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
The poet Langston Hughes was a great inspiration to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Examples of their connection are expansive. In 1956, King recited Hughes’ poem “Mother to Son” from the pulpit to honor his wife Coretta, who was celebrating her first Mother’s Day. That...
