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An Ode to Daylight Savings

Daylight savings came two weeks earlier this year in an attempt to boost the economy. It’s such a weird event. Time move forwards or backwards just because the government said so. What if that time was stored in a bank? Here is a satire that I wrote two years ago about Daylight Savings. I’m reposting

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Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

I just finished serving as a judge for the national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. I read several dozen pieces of prose, poetry and drama from emerging high school fiction writers. Quality ranged from what I would call exploratory (just getting started) to professional–certain pieces demonstrated truly astounding skill and knowledge of the craft. In

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Reading at the Bellhouse

Here’s a great photo from my reading at the Bellhouse in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Good music, a lively crowd and some strong readings by Courtney Zoffness  (prose) and Jed Shahar (poetry). I read from my sci-fi work-in-progress “The Invasion of Houndstooth”. –Deji

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