Many apologies, my adoring dawgz, but I can get so caught up with the teaching that I forget, more or less, that I am primarily a "storyteller" (though my students might say, "All you do is tell stories all day, motherfucker!") Anyway, my latest story, a lil fuck...

One of my favorite photographs is of the incomparable Louis Armstrong (“Pops,” “Satchmo”) sitting on the sidelines, in wait, waiting his turn, as the band plays on. His head droops, he smokes a cig, he looks a little anxious even, perhaps forlorn, as he waits. I’m...

A lil b-ball. There are three signature, perhaps defining moves, in professional basketball history: (1) Kareem’s sky hook, (2) Mike’s explosions at the basket, and now (3) Steph Curry’s three ball! They are all game changers. (Might add that I started calling Curry...

So it looks like Crimson Cloak Publishing is ready to publish my novel The Ape is Dead! and of course I couldn't be more excited (and for you, too, dear reader!)...  Been discussing the cover design, and since I am into the title (taken from which of my favorite...

And so I had my first celebrity moment yesterday (well, first in a really long time) as a student apparently googled me and discovered that I write. He waited for me after class and stood there with a copy of “Love Matters” and a pen. He wanted my autograph!

Look, I just started texting, like, a year ago, so don't gimme no shit... I'm establishing a "web presence," "creating a platform" for my writing work. After I told a friend that I did not have a Facebook account, she declared, "You do not exist!" I got one now. I...