For more than 36 years, I’ve hosted a folk music show, “The Hudson River Sampler,” on WAMC-FM/Northeast Public Radio (www.wamc.org), a major National Public Radio affiliate headquartered in Albany, New York. Prior to that, I hosted a folk music show for four years at WCUW-FM, a small community radio station located in Worcester, Massachusetts. I…

I’m pleased to announce that The New Apple Literary Awards selected the e-version of “Empty Seats” as its solo medalist winner in the Young Adult General Fiction category. I am so excited about this, especially since it’s the first award I’ve received for my fiction writing. Check out this link: http://www.newappleliterary.com/2018ebook/2018ebookCat25.html

href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38532119-heartland” style=”float: left; padding-right: 20px”>Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh My rating: 3 of 5 stars I bought this book after having heard the author on Terry Gross’s “Fresh Air” program. Her background and her family history sounded quite like my own, since…