IN SEARCH OF VYGER A friend of a friend of mine, Bryce Zabel, has co-authored a new science fiction book called “A.D. After Disclosure” about the extraterrestrial aliens among us. Richard M. Dolan, who wrote the book with Zabel, is a noted authority on UFOs, his semina
A LOVE SONG FOR MY FORMER STUDENTS I wrote in an earlier blog (9/26/10) that to have value, literature needs to be relevant to one’s life. Even so, I confess that years ago, I had the audacity to teach T. S. Elliot’s, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” to 17 year-ol
A STORY FOR THE THANKSGIVING SEASON Halloween has passed and Thanksgiving looms ahead. The magazines coming in through my mail slot are ablaze with pictures of turkey dinners and a variety of pies. I can feel my mouth water as I turn the pages. I don’t cook these foods for myself. I