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Growing a Fictional Family Tree
I should have thought of it earlier – for a family saga that sprawls over three volumes and three centuries, readers would welcome a family tree that sets out who…
Read MoreComing April 4: THE BURNING LAND!
Book Two of my fictional Overstreet Saga, The Burning Land, will launch on April 4, 2023. Here’s the cover — revealed for the very first time! The image is from a…
Read MoreInterview about GEORGE WASHINGTON and THE NEW LAND
The August 2021 edition of The Biographer’s Craft, which is produced by Biographers International Organization (of which I am a member), includes an interview with moi, about writing, my recently-released George Washington biography,…
Read MoreMadness at the U.S. Capitol
In the aftermath of yesterday’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, a history publication posed provocative questions to me. These are my responses: What is your view of what happened at…
Read MoreIt Matters How You Leave!
Harrassed by a clown car of irresponsible lawyers, our political life today is a mind-warping coda to a four-year period of smashed behavioral norms and personal vituperation, all in service…
Read MoreWhat Happens When the President Gets Sick?
The recent news of positive COVID-19 tests for a valet for President Trump and an aide to Vice President Pence revive a thorny question: What happens if the president gets…
Read MoreApril 24, 8 p.m.: DC Virtual Noir at the Bar
In many cities, like Washington, DC, “Noir at the Bar” has swiftly become an institution. The elements are predictable, atmospheric: Crime, mystery and thriller writers take over the back room…
Read MoreNewsletter, Spring 2019!
THE POWER AND THE STORY The top news: (i) Rating the presidents with C-SPAN, and (ii) my month at Mount Vernon with the people who know George Washington best. Also: Talking…
Read MoreHamilton’s Pulitzer Prize: Listen to the Words
Now that he’s won the Pulitzer Prize for it, maybe we’ll pay attention to the words of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton, the genre-smashing Broadway hit that costs a monthly car payment…
Read MoreWhy F. Scott?
This morning brings the inaugural installment of a monthly piece I’ll be writing for the Washington Independent Review of Books. The subjects will be what I’m reading, writing, or thinking about.…
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