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There's more to Gilroy than garlic

On singer-songwriter Peter Case

On Jon Clinch's Kings of the Earth

On anthropologist Jennifer Perry, and California's Channel Islands

A look at political polemics in hardcover

Of Scott Turow's Innocent for the Cleveland Plain-Dealer

Interview piece with Scott Turow

On Ludlow, and the West Virginia mine tragedy (for the LA Times)

On Exene Cervenka for Orange Coast

On Mark Twain's image problem

Profile of Elif Batuman for Publishers Weekly

On Terry Teachout and Pops, his new bio of Louis Armstrong.

A look in the LA Times at the launch of Sarah Palin's memoir.

On The Fourth Part of the World, a history of how America got it's name, in The Washington Post

On Barbara Demick's forthcoming Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Short profile of critic Terry Teachout on his forthcoming bio of Louis Armstrong.

Kazuo Ishiguro's short story collection, Nocturnes.

On Dan Brown and The Da Vinci Code

"Harry Helling's Uncertain Voyage"

Profile of author Maile Meloy.

On AAA baseball in Fresno, the budget alternative to the bigs.

Pat Conroy's South of Broad, not up to his full narrative power.

Fun piece on a yacht club without a yacht, a dock or, nowadays, a clubhouse.

Of Nick Reding's Methland, exploring the devastating effects of meth on small-town America.

Another version of the Reding review, this in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

A road trip up the California coast -- from brewpub to brewpub.

Elizabeth Edwards' Resilience in the LA Times.

Of J. Robert Lennon's Castle in the LA Times.

Short interview/profile of Reza Aslan, author of No God But God and How To Win A Cosmic War.

On Barry Rillera, former Righteous Brothers guitar player who shared a secret with The Beatles.

Ifill and Asim books on Obama, race and politics.

On Detroit's Focus:HOPE

"It was cool outside. The rain had stopped, but the dampness seeped into our bones with the chill of death."

A piece on eco-friendly travel to San Diego.

Advancing the annual Hatch, N. Mex., chili festival.

An Hour Detroit piece on bipolar disorder and Heinz Prechter's suicide.

Rick Wartzman's book on the burning of The Grapes of Wrath.

Long-shot presidential contender Duncan Hunter.

On the semi-annual opening of the Trinity site - where the first atomic bomb was detonated

Readings

Quite the World, Isn't It?

Some details on the new book

January 10, 2010

Tags: writing, books, history

Well, after the madness of the holiday season, I've heard back from my editor on my The Fear Within manuscript, and she likes it. She has a couple of suggestions that will make it stronger, we both think, but I should have it cleaned up and ready to go to the copy editor by March. Still looking at a likely Fall 2010 publication date, and I'll update when I know more.

Still lagging a bit on the photos - having trouble getting some help on the ground in New York City. But I expect to have that straightened out in short order. There are also some old newsreels available that I hope to use here or on another website to offer am online component of the book, and the events that I'm writing about. With the proposal for a third book in my agent's hands, I'm in a very good spot.

This is one of the photos I expect to use in The Fear Within- Eugene Dennis and his longtime companion, Peggy, arriving at court to start his prison term. I like the massing of supporters on the park across this street - Foley Square in Manhattan -- as the couple climbs the steps to the U.S. Courthouse.

The picture is from the Library of Congress, which holds the old New York World-Telegram photo archives, now in the public domain.

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