Occasional essays on literature, poetry, movies, and culture by the author of THE LAST WORDS OF JACK RUBY, a historical noir novel about the lifelong friendship between the notorious assassin and my cousin, the boxer and war hero Barney Ross.
Author of Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts (University of Nebraska Press, Jan 2026). Editor, NeglectedBooks.com and the Recovered Books series at Boiler House. Champion of reading off the beaten path.
