I have always enjoyed the books of John le Carré and greatly admired the elegant prose, the subtle nuanced plot constructions and robust characterizations of people engaged in conspiratorial endeavors. . . . more

I have written often about the three questions invariably asked of authors . The first two engender simple and straightforward answers: “When do you write?” A simple answer suffices marking . . . more

Through the composing and imaginings of thirty volumes of novels, numerous short stories, plays, and poems, I have been wrestling with the mystery of attraction. It has been the dominant theme of my work. . . . more

A number of my friends have returned from their Thanksgiving holidays with their families with a general complaint. It goes something like this: There was a complete lack of face-to-face communication. . . . more

After seeing Clint Eastwood’s excellent biopic, J.Edgar , I was reminded of Mark Anthony’s funeral oration in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar : “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise . . . more

Mistaken Identity on the Island of Kyushu ©2011 Robert C Burnham   I trespassed your lawn last night Wanting to see you But not in flashing blue light . . . more

Lost in the conversation of the impact of eBooks is the plight of the mainstream novelist, who writes books that fit no genre category but nevertheless represent the crown jewels of the authorial world, . . . more