“Anthracis has now been published, and I want to thank you again.” In Anthracis, the first novel of the author’s alphabetical microbial mystery series, the spectacular southwestern desert is threatened with an unexplainable outbreak of deadly Bacillus anthracis spores. Maya Maguire,…
A poem, for me, usually begins when a word or phrase comes to mind as I’m waking up in the morning. Before long a strong emotion trails behind, a shadow following the words. The emotion and words demand my attention.…
Playwright, screenwriter, dramaturg, and writing instructor… Her play THE COLONY was a 2019 winner of the Columbia@Roundabout New Play Reading Series. The reading series awards three playwrights from their current MFA class and recent alumni with a monetary prize as…
As we begin to emerge from quarantine… On Friday, after the workshop, I got the J&J poke. After hearing about a biker friend who got Covid, I became even more cautious. I was walking pretty well after getting out of the hospital,…
Octavia Butler was a sci-fi author prominent in the 70s, 80s, and the 90s. She died in 2006, but seems to be having a current revival of interest. A multiple recipient of both the Hugo and Nebula awards, she became…
