Nov 16, 2016 | Blog
Been in a fragile recovery – trying hard to find a way forward. I’ve read pieces in The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Huffington Post, Daily Kos, watched some of SNL last Saturday night, have had many conversations with folks from coast to coast....
Nov 14, 2016 | Blog
“Underground Railroad” By Colson Whitehead Please read this book. Reading black writers helps me put the madness of this week into a manageable hierarchy of human experience. In short, I’ve been so deeply depressed, I’ve barely been able to...
Oct 30, 2016 | Blog
Did I know that Kansas City, MO was so lovely? No? Well it is! Spent 2 days with the MFA Theatre students and with Ricardo Khan and Sibusiso Mamba (South African writer/actor who now lives and works in London) doing an intensive on Freedom Summer 1964 and South...
Oct 17, 2016 | Blog
Butterflies congregating in my stomach. Yikes! A new project looms! God, please give me the strength, the energy, the heart and the brains to do a better-than-good job! Thank You!! Taking the train to Kansas City, the University of Missouri, to begin writing/work on a...