LitQuake – The Bridge Between Fiction and Nonfiction

The conversation last night, between two Pulitzer prize winners—Adam Johnson and TJ Stiles  kept me scribbling notes while I tended bar. Yes, I volunteered to work the event. Johnson recounted how his journalism professor would identify all of the false quotes he had created while reporting on community meetings, quotes that Johnson thought told the … Continue reading LitQuake – The Bridge Between Fiction and Nonfiction

Science Ink – A Book “Review” in Tattoos

No matter what they say, how long and loudly they insist that they're just like you and me, don't believe them. Scientists are truly different. Case in point: the images they choose to adorn their bodies. In some instances, "festoon" may be the more appropriate word. I'm talking about the book, Science Ink: Tattoos of … Continue reading Science Ink – A Book “Review” in Tattoos