… over at the Saturday Evening Post, my column. This week I discuss new books about Desi Arnaz and Elmore Leonard; the Scripps National Spelling Bee; getting rid of pennies; AI Orson Welles; the Brooklyn Bridge; “Hang on Sloopy,” and country cooking.
If I Gave A Commencement Address
No one has asked me to give one, but I did write a column about it over at the Saturday Evening Post.
The 2025 Fundraiser!

I haven’t done one of these in a while, so …
This site costs money. Not an earth-shattering amount, but enough (especially when combined with an ever-dwindling amount of freelance work in today’s publishing landscape), and I want to do several new things. More audio! More sites! More books! More everything! Anything you can contribute will help.
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(Of course, if you don’t want to donate anything, that’s fine too! This site has been free since I launched it in 1996 and will always be free. I appreciate each and every visit.)

