Archive for the ‘Books’ Category

Michael Marano’s collection Stories from the Plague Years is available for pre-order, and selling well.

Hey… I’m posting this because I’ve been getting emails about the specifics of my upcoming “Writing the Smart Page-Turner” class at Grub Street in Boston this fall, which will be taught at Grub Street HQ in downtown Boston Thursday nights 7-10 PM starting on September 16. The gist of the class is–how do you make [...]

Videos by Diamanda Galas and The False Prophets that give glimpses into the emotional reality of the Plague Years of the 1980s.

An overview and introduction to Mike Marano’s popular “Writing the Smart Page-Turner” class at Boston’s Grub Street.

A few days ago, Nobel-Prize-winning author José Saramago died at the age of 87. With this in mind, I thought I’d post an old interview with one of my favorite writers Don McKellar, who adapted Blindness (one of Saramago’s most famous books) for film a few years back. The Wide Saramago See An Interview with [...]