by Tom DeWolf | May 27, 2015 | Author Stuff, Writing
I can’t recall ever having a layover in San Diego before. The convenient part was the arrival and departure gates were adjacent to each other. Easy plane change for a 45-minute layover. I made my way over the few steps to the line for my connecting flight and stood...
by Tom DeWolf | Apr 27, 2015 | Author Stuff, Writing, Coming to the Table, Inheriting the Trade, Traces of the Trade
An article I wrote, “Dear Ben Affleck, My Ancestors Were Slaveowners, Too” was published this morning. I was contacted this past Wednesday by an editor with Zócalo Public Square, an L.A.-based not-for-profit that hosts live events and publishes daily...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 6, 2015 | Author Stuff, Writing
My dear friend and fellow author Andi Cumbo-Floyd posted a blog entitled “6 Reasons I Don’t Get Author Autographs.” I didn’t need to read what she wrote to know we are polar opposites on this one. But I did read her post. She doesn’t like...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 20, 2015 | Author Stuff, Writing, Healthy Living, Infinite Possibilities
My father died last Tuesday. I flew to Orlando, Florida on Wednesday, and flew back home Sunday. I’m speaking across the state tomorrow and in Indiana next Wednesday. Then I’ll fly to Southern California to join Mom, my sister, our family, and friends to...
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....
by Tom DeWolf | Dec 3, 2014 | Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
So let me see if I understand what just happened… Eric Garner was choked to death by a New York City police officer in July The NYC Police Department prohibits the use of choke holds Garner’s death was ruled a homicide and the grand jury will not indict...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 22, 2014 | Author Stuff, Writing, Books, Reviews, Coming to the Table, Gather at the Table
GIVE BOOKS! SAVE MONEY! SUPPORT A GREAT CAUSE! This Holiday Season, you can give copies of Gather at the Table, or Inheriting the Trade, books from the King Legacy Series, the powerful An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (which I recently...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 2, 2014 | Author Stuff, Writing, Books, Reviews
I’m in the midst of participating in a writing group called The Painted Steps that will last six months; concluding the end of January. I love participating in this group with several people committed to writing and supporting each other in our widely varied...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 23, 2014 | Author Stuff, Writing, Books, Reviews
I am a lucky guy to have my books published by Beacon Press. I’m proud to be in the company of such distinguished authors as Octavia Butler, James Baldwin, Cornel West, Mary Oliver and Anita Hill. I recently learned of another author with whom I’m excited...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 19, 2014 | Race, Oppression, Privilege
or: “There are none so blind as those who refuse to see” Jon Stewart asked a simple question of Bill O’Reilly on The Daily Show, on October 15, 2014. “Here’s all I want from you today. I want you to admit that there is such a thing as...
