Dearest friends. Next month, I turn the big 5-0.
To mark this milestone, I wish to fulfill a lifelong dream of endowing a grant for student journalists at my alma …
Summer Workshop: Writing The Body
Join me this summer for a weeklong Creative Nonfiction workshop called WRITING THE BODY, in which we will narrate the wide range of experiences a body can undergo in a …
Paperback Launch
Feliz 2020, everyone! I hope that your new year is off to a grand start.
Just wanted to share the news that All the Agents & Saints has just been released in …
Book Review: Paul Theroux
The vaunted travel writer Paul Theroux has just released a mammoth new travelogue about Mexico called ON THE PLAIN OF SNAKES. Here is an excerpt of my review for …
The Tao of Po
Yesterday, my family buried our guiding light: Dick “Po” Griest, my father. I spent the last week writing his eulogy. Sharing it with all of our friends and family who …
Lost Children Archive
A novel has emerged from the humanitarian crisis at the border. Not only is it an indictment of U.S. immigration policy, but a requiem memorializing every child who has ever …
The Mentor
Charles “Chuck” Whitney joined the Journalism faculty at the University of Texas at Austin my sophomore year there, and I was lucky to land in his first reporting class. He …
The Oracle Says…
Feliz 2019! I hope your new year is off to a grand start. Before it ambles any farther, here is a little update from my corner.
With 2017 concluding in …
REVIVED
Driving toward Elon, North Carolina back in February, I didn’t know if I could manage one event—much less the eight I had promised. Chemotherapy seemed to have drained me of …
Resurrection
What got me through abdominal surgery, three rounds of chemo, and hair loss? First: all of you. And second, the hope of resurrecting my book tour for ALL THE AGENTS …
Rejoice!
Beautiful people! I am relieved to share that 2017 concluded with the sweetest acronym I know: NED, or No Evidence of Disease. The CT-Oracle revealed that surgery + three cycles …
Fall Tour CANCELLED
A friend recently told me: sometimes, all we can do is sit back and be awed by what life has in store. I feel this now as I type these …