by Tom DeWolf | Mar 19, 2023 | Author Stuff, Writing, Books, Reviews
John Irving has been one of my go-to authors, and inspirations for my own writing, for more than four decades. I’ve loved all his books that I’ve read. There are several I have not read. I’m saving them. I don’t want to run out of John Irving...
by Tom DeWolf | Feb 12, 2019 | Books, Reviews, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
(Note: this post first appeared at Beacon Broadside) I looked forward to Dr. Robin DiAngelo coming to the town where I live, Bend, Oregon, since her appearance was announced a few months ago by The Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program of Central Oregon Community...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 18, 2015 | Books, Reviews
I ran across Kent Haruf’s Our Souls at Night while looking for something else at the library. It looked interesting so I checked it out. I’m so glad I did. A wonderful story about Addie and Louis, two long-time neighbors whose spouses have both passed...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 5, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Toni Morrison says of Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates’s letter-in-book-form to his teenage son, “This is required reading.” As one who has been enculturated throughout my life to believe I am “white” I not only agree with Ms....
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 31, 2015 | Books, Reviews, Coming to the Table, Gather at the Table
For the past two and a half years I have worked for a non-profit organization I’ve been part of since it was formed almost 10 years ago. Coming to the Table is a committed and growing group of people providing leadership, resources and a supportive environment...
by Tom DeWolf | Dec 6, 2014 | Author Stuff, Writing, Books, Reviews
There are times when I am “stuck” in my own writing for various reasons, but I always read. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t reading a book. I read for the joy of the story. I read to enter other worlds. I read to inspire my own writing....
