In the early 1970s, Stephen R. Donaldson dropped out of a Ph.D. program and dedicated himself to writing. Energized by the additional time and focus, he crafted a bold, 250,000-word fantasy novel, his modern response to Tolkien. Over the next four years, however, as he rewrote the book and penned…
In 1990, inspired by the success that its Bluebonnet list had in suggesting great recreational reading titles for upper elementary students, the Texas Library Association published a pilot list for middle schools. This Lone Star Reading List was hailed as a fantastic idea, and beginning in 1992, a standing committee…
The Song of Moquihuitzin I craft all these songs Though even I, Moquihuitzin, Arrived in this world to suffer. I ponder the fleshly ecstasies All the empty bliss— Will we see it end? I wander far and wide, Howling my grief at the yawning sky. Yonder where the flowers blossom…
My poems “Crockpot” and “Valley Haiku” have been accepted by the journal Illya’s Honey for publication in the winter 2014 edition.
