It's not everyday you get to yell at a Senator. And two Congressional representatives. But yesterday I did. I got notification...

One might not be able to think of any fiction that could be more horrible than some of what we are witnessing today, but, indeed, Clay...

Those of a certain age will understand the headline. I thought I was going to be able to retire from my filmmaking career and spend...

My interview with music archivist and preservationist Alan Bershaw is now available in the Hoot and Holler archive (bonus: it's the full...

Brendan Flaherty , who has been a guest on Hoot and Holler (his interview is in the Hoot and Holler archives) recently had his playlist...

On Thursday March 27, at 4pm, ( wesufm.org ) Hoot and Holler welcomes Wes Browne to talk about his novel They All Fall the Same, and Alan...

The Leatherman at one of his regular stops. Two weeks ago, I was sitting at the bar in the Time Out Market in Lisbon when I got a call...

Arthur Miller said that "maybe all we can hope to do is end up with the right regrets." That's a profound reflection on the choices we...

After a some weeks away because of international travel, and illness acquired as a result of international travel, I'm back in the studio...

In case you missed Hoot and Holler on Thursday, Feb 27, the interviews with Max Wareham and Stephen Ronson are now archived on the Hoot...

According to Max Wareham, that's what you say in certain parts of the country when you stub your toe, and it's the only way to get the...

What does it feel like for a country to be threatened from within? This is the question at the core of Stephen Ronson's latest, The...

I know Wesleyan University's Michael Roth, though not well. He lives a few blocks from me in his campus home. He's president of the...

We have a new hero. Govenor Janet Mills of Maine was singled out for a reprimand by the president at a meeting with US Governors for...

It's been a long time since I read a comic book. I've not ever been a big graphic novel reader, but I spent a good portion of my youth...

In the runup to the 2016 election, I read a lot of older literature with intentionality. Orwell's 1984. Atwood's A Handmaid's Tale . ...

Alan Bershaw at home with his musical files. Alan Bershaw lives a very interesting life. He's a musical archivist, a finder of lost...

I've written fiction most of my adult life, though only a few have read what I've written. During my working years, the output was low. ...

I've loved the music of Scots singer-songwriter Karine Polwart for many years (which reminds me that I need to write her yet again,...

There are two things you don't mess with when confronting author Megan Collins, Taylor Swift and book pirating. Collins has a regular...