How a brilliant writer can break the rules and get away with it
I saved Werner Herzog’s memoir for a year, until I would have time on vacation to thoroughly enjoy …
The political gamble behind Lisa Murkowski’s book
Now we find out if the gamble paid off. When I began working with Senator Lisa Murkowski on her new …
Why Lisa Murkowski’s book took 5 years to write
My collaboration with Senator Lisa Murkowski began in her office in the Hart Senate Office Building …
My new book and its long path to existence
It’s a uniquely satisfying feeling, opening a box that delivers a new book you have written. I had …
Here’s a book I want to write
Introducing my idea for a complete and up-to-date Alaska history
How thoughtful stories knit our minds
The decline of literary fiction and serious film has contributed, in part, to America’s current …
Who are better writers, the old or young?
Young people have more vivid imaginations—there’s neuroscience on that—sharper memories, and quicker …
Bill McKibben, social progress, and the empty church
In this dark time for our country, we could use the progressive, unifying influence of the mainline …
The mind-meld of a great idea
Dr. David Nash and I had thought Covid had killed our book idea. But in August of 2020, we …
My first big break
Among the great (and some hilariously awful) editors I have worked with over the decades, Rebecca …
Truth-telling and the decision to kill
Christine Cunningham explained to me the choice she made between being a vegetarian and a hunter. …
Facing the final final deadline
Dave Rose had his wry smile even as he told me why we needed to finish up his book faster than we …