Last fall, Susan Wallner  of the wonderful TV program  State of the Arts New Jersey   contacted me about possibly producing a short clip ab...

First week of class The other day I was telling a colleague that I had only been at Rutgers-Newark  since the fall of 2012, and he e...

Rutgers undergraduate Paul Robeson with fellow football players On Tuesday, I resumed my old new  fall rhythm. "Old," becaus...

Today, after a false morning alarm, which involved the electricity surging on while I was in the shower,    only to shut off not even 10 mi...

Established in 1986 and formerly taking place in suburban Morristown, New Jersey, the biennial  Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival has mov...

Catching up here on the blog always feels possible at first thought, but by the time I sit down to begin a post, I realize I have something...

These summer days are zooming by. Although I haven't even been back in New Jersey for a full month, it feels almost or even double tha...