by Tom DeWolf | Aug 21, 2016 | Author Stuff, Writing, Other Musings
“That’s Tom,” said my daughter from the kitchen, pointing toward me as I walked in. A tall, thin, balding and bearded young man reached out his hand to mine. “Nice to meet you, Sir. I’m Parker.” “He’s hiking the Pacific...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 27, 2016 | Author Stuff, Writing
Political affiliations are irrelevant to what I am about to share. The impact of what happened last night at the Democratic National Convention goes far beyond politics. Please read on… When Alicia Keys’ performance closed out the Democratic Convention in...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 17, 2015 | Author Stuff, Writing, Gather at the Table, Inheriting the Trade
I love my life as a writer for several reasons. Primarily, I enjoy the craft of writing; the satisfaction I get from putting my thoughts into words. I love the research, the impact on my own thinking, and turning it all into words on a page; the art of creating...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 13, 2015 | Author Stuff, Writing
Katrina Browne extended the official invitation to me in February 2001. I would join her and eight other distant cousins in a few months to retrace the Triangle Slave Trade route of our slave-trading ancestors from Rhode Island to Ghana to Cuba and back. She would...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 4, 2015 | Author Stuff, Writing, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Traces of the Trade
Before I signed a contract with Beacon Press to publish my first book, the working title of my manuscript was The Immeasurable Distance Between Us. I envisioned the cover of my book long before publication, with an image of a young teacher from Chicago and me walking...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 2, 2015 | Author Stuff, Writing, Movies, Reviews
I first became seriously fascinated with deprivation tanks when I watched Altered States in 1980; the William Hurt/Blair Brown sci-fi, love story about a Harvard professor who drinks a spoonful of psychedelic mushroom juice from South America before slipping into the...
