Goodbye, Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton, author, producer, director, and doctor, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. 
Most of us probably know him as the author of Jurassic Park and creator of ER. I’ve read and loved many of his books – Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Airframe, Sphere, Congo, Eaters of the Dead, The Andromeda Strain, The Great [...]

Hear Marilynne Robinson read from ‘Home’

A couple weeks ago I went to a public reading from Marilynne Robinson on her new novel, Home. I ran into and sat with a couple of colleagues from a literary press that I interned with a few years ago, making the anticipated night even more fun. The reading was wonderful. There’s something magical about [...]