by Tom DeWolf | Jul 9, 2012 | Inheriting the Trade
Let Freedom Ring: From Justice to Jazz. On Friday, June 29, 2012, the African American Jazz Caucus held a special awards ceremony at the Indiana Landmarks Center in Indianapolis. The Jazz Masters Award was presented to Melvin Rhyne (jazz organist and original member...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 7, 2012 | Inheriting the Trade
When I was a child in the 50’s and 60’s, there were two black families who attended the same church my family did. Mr. Bailey owned a grocery store. He gave several of my friends their first work experience when he hired them to work for him. In November...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 5, 2012 | Politics
Gloria Steinem once said, “the truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” She is certainly correct. I’ve researched my books, traveled my country and overseas, and pondered the United States as a beacon of hope and freedom in the...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 26, 2012 | Books, Reviews, Coming to the Table
Check out the new Gather at the Table website! My writing partner Sharon Morgan and I have been working for several weeks with James DeWolf Perry (Executive Director of The Tracing Center) to design and build the site. Thanks to James, our new website is now online...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 25, 2012 | Books, Reviews, Healthy Living
Ernest Callenbach self-published Ecotopia in 1975 after being rejected by 25 publishers. He died two months ago on April 16, 2012. The novel is the story of what happened when Washington, Oregon, and Northern California seceded from the United States in 1979 to create...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 20, 2012 | Trauma and Healing
6th of April Youth Movement
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 12, 2012 | Coming to the Table
I find myself back at Eastern Mennonite University this week for a class at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute. I’m writing about my experiences this week at the Gather at the Table blog. For this reason, and for all the upcoming news regarding the publication...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 7, 2012 | Trauma and Healing
Attention doubters! Anyone who wonders if there’s anything “out there” watching over us (guardian angels, God, the Universe, or yes, even Santa)… read on… Three days ago I read my astrological forecast for June at Susan Miller’s...
by Tom DeWolf | May 31, 2012 | Author Stuff, Writing, Politics
I remember the first time I walked into my literary agent’s office in New York City on March 2, 2007. The lobby was quite small. The walls were lined with book-filled shelves. A small table sat between two chairs in the corner where one particular book caught my...
by Tom DeWolf | May 25, 2012 | Inheriting the Trade
Eric was 16 years old when we met in Ghana in 2001 when we were filming Traces of the Trade. We became very close friends. I don’t think 2 weeks has gone by since then that we haven’t communicated via email. I had hoped to get back to Ghana by now to visit...
