Dears, The Big Apple is very Big. And I am Small Potatoes. I have always found New York City to be intimidating, but never so much as in the last few weeks while looking for a venue to launch to Brain in a Jar. I literally (pun intended) could not get a single bookstore to…
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Proof, as if we needed it
Dears, See this picture of a bearded man with a black coat and winter cap? He is Jonathan Greene, the designer of Brain in a Jar. He’s also a published poet and all-around talented man. And this is a picture of him upon opening the proofs of BIAJ from the printer. See Jonathan smile? He’s…
My Hockenberry Friend
Dears, I recently had the joy and privilege of speaking with one of the great journalists of our time, Mr. John Hockenberry. (He’s garnered four Emmy Awards, three Peabody Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and a Casey Medal.) Someone on his staff had read my recent New York Times piece about Alzheimer’s running in my family,…