Where in the world am I now? And what’s next?
Fall 2009: Just back from another visit to Istanbul, Turkey and Alt Aussee, Austria -- and now, working with two dozen Kenyon students in my Introduction to Fiction Writing seminars.
Where am I?
In December 2009, Pamela and I will head to Australia to visit a favorite small place, Norfolk Island, subject of a cover story I did for Islands magazine a few years ago.
In January 2010, an NEH “We
The People
” grant will return
me to Saipan, Commonwealth
of the Northern Marianas,
where I will conduct a creative
writing workshop and lecture on four
major American novels (To Kill A Mockingbird,
The Old Man And The Sea, The Things They
Carried, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn).
Saipan, the island of my Peace Corps service (1967-1969) will be the location of a forth-coming novel, The Master Blaster.
My travel writing has appeared in the publications pictured above, among others. And here are some of my favorite spots: