Articles in Memoirs

Shelter From The Storm

Fathers and sons, architecture as refuge, and a family’s great loss

No Escape, Not Even to Kyoto

All The Way Home

I found myself in Austin, Texas

Nothing to Be Frightened Of

Julian Barnes memoir is quite an attention grabber

Test of the Heart

This is the story of a heart operation. It’s also the story of a marriage.

The Autobiography of an Idea

Rethinking the Holocaust in light of 9/11, my mentor, and my dad. NMA Silver Medal: Personal Journalism; NMA Nominee: Essays

The Archetypal Walrus

Reflections on robbing the dead. NMA nominee: Best Short Feature

Oasis of Hope

Love, sex, and a mid-life crisis at a Tijuana cancer clinic. NMA nominee: Health and Medicine

We Want a Black Poem

In search of an interview with James Baldwin, a young Canadian immigrant experiences the intensity of Harlem in the 1960s, and ultimately finds Malcolm X.

Ringo’s Drum Roll