by Tom DeWolf | Feb 3, 2008 | Appearances by Tom, Author Stuff, Writing
One of the realities of writing a book is that people will have opinions about it. In today’s Providence Journal, Paul Davis, who previously has written about the DeWolf family’s slave-trading past, writes The DeWolf Family Burden about my book and our...
by Tom DeWolf | Feb 3, 2008 | Appearances by Tom
After Sundance I traveled to Denver, Colorado. My first day there was a day of complete rest with Keila and Jerry DePoorter at their ranch outside Boulder. A peaceful oasis surrounded by acres of protected open space and a view of the mountains provided such solace...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 27, 2008 | Appearances by Tom, Movies, Reviews
Remember my “all’s well that ends well” arrival in Salt Lake City, where after having one flight canceled and being bumped off another I was flown first class from Boston to Denver and given a free round trip ticket anywhere United flies? That all...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 24, 2008 | Appearances by Tom
I’ve read books about author tours and heard stories from people far more experienced than me. I’ve been told to prepare for those book reading/signing events where three people show up and one of them is sleeping across several chairs because it is cold...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 19, 2008 | Appearances by Tom, Race, Oppression, Privilege
Of the many significant moments during the Service of Liberation at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine last Sunday marking the bicentennial of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in the United States the one that impacted me the most was the apology to...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 18, 2008 | Appearances by Tom
Several members of the family who retraced the triangle trade from Rhode Island to Ghana to Cuba and back with Katrina Browne to make the film Traces of the Trade have gathered–along with production staff and publicity team–in Park City, Utah for the...