Jon Stewart mocks ‘photo-bombing’ controversy between Miss Israel and Miss Lebanon, referencing The War of the Roses “In a segment titled, War of the Poses, Stewart mocked the idea that Lebanese media was angry with their contestant for posing with Matalon, because “Lebanon and Israel are enemies.” – Watch entire segment here (skip to 2:45) […]
I always fashioned myself a storyteller to some degree—before writing it was with pictures, drawings. I wanted to be an animator at Disney when I was a kid: I drew methodically, wrote and sold comic books at lunch in elementary school, made my own cartoon trading cards in middle school. But then something changed. It was the […]
Villains abound in my novels, especially those that deal with historical events where national power is the ultimate intoxicant. Most of the time my research into the past is deliberate and painstaking. A historian’s accuracy is necessary for creating reasonably believable historical characters. But there are times when a live, chance encounter falls into a […]
I was inspired to write Takeshita Demons (pronounced ta-kesh-ta and meaning ‘under the bamboo’) to encourage diversity in children’s fiction: anyone can be a hero, and that our world is a multicultural place. All children deserve to be the star of the show. My interest in Japanese folklore sparked when I was working in Japan […]
I write because I need to write, and have always written. Despite the requirement that I get up and actively choose to put pen to paper, it feels like I have little choice in the matter. Without allocating time to write, I feel like my spirit atrophies and my happiness levels stumble subtly day-by-day. A […]
I remember in 5th grade collaborating with my friend Ryan Shpritz on a series of gross-out stories called “Death at Dark” (I, II, III, and so on). Mrs. Buccheim, our English teacher, was so excited that these two boys were writing extracurricularly that she allowed us to read our work in front of the class […]
While the miracle of analyzing your DNA can inform you of the origins of your ancestry, it will not offer you much about what they experienced, what they thought, what they felt, learned or endured in their lifetimes. Historians surely understand the pangs of such a loss and must rely on those who bore witness […]
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