Sunday 10/5/25 That was some drubbing the Boston College Eagles took yesterday on the road courtesy of the Pittsburgh Panthers. The score...

Friday 10/3/25 The Red Sox' season came to an end last night at the hands of the Yankees with a 4-0 loss in Game 3 of the Wild Card...

Thursday 10/2/25 A tough loss for the Red Sox last night, which was in large part of their own making. They still have a chance to...

Tuesday 9/30/25 Person number one is kicked out of publishing because he's a sociopath. Many within are. But this was someone whose...

Tuesday 9/30/25 Ours is a country where scarcely anyone in it is capable of understanding that it's "an NFL game" and not "a NFL game." A...

Monday 9/29/25 You have to spell Edgar Allan Poe's name correctly. People are like, "I'm so impressive, I reference Poe," but those...

Monday 9/29/25 The day that my wife at the time, Molly, left without a word or a word of warning, after imploring me to trust her, and...

Saturday 9/27/25 The Red Sox frustrated me for a lot--most--of this season. It took them a while to get going, and they played some...

Thursday 9/25/25 You write a story and you work at it. You lavish it with care. What you believe is your every thought it needs and...

Thursday 9/25/25 I hate how you look something up on Google and AI intercepts the request so that you get that block of AI-generated text...

Tuesday 9/23/25 I believe I've seen every film in which Lash LaRue starred. Who was Lash LaRue? He was a "star"--we have to be a bit...

Monday 9/22/25 The Red Sox had a golden opportunity to boost their chances of getting into the playoffs last night and they couldn't do...

Sunday 9/21/25 Red bird. Soon in the morning, red bird. Amazing performance , that is. In my head most days. Awoke today and began work...

Friday 9/18/25 I fear we're watching the end of the Red Sox season, one which will not include any October baseball. With their loss to...

Thursday 9/18/25 Orson Welles made his debut on the radio program The Shadow on September 26, 1937, when he was twenty-two, playing...

Wednesday 9/17/25 An exchange from yesterday into today. To me: Yes, I do remember the Guggenheim post. What a world of self promoting and self congratulation--it's surreal. Looked up Sigrid Rausing. Wow. And your telling me she didn't just buy her reputation on the street by trading favors and self-funding her own publication career. Unbelievable. I think your drive to produce art is incomparable and will sustain you. I do wish you had a supportive partner. I can only ima

Wednesday 9/17/25 The poem you write isn't supposed to be about you. Nor the song. The story. The book. It's supposed to be about other...

Wednesday 9/17/25 I don't think DiMaggio's fifty-six game hit streak is an unbreakable record as everyone else does. You need to be...

Tuesday 9/16/25 I'm writing a book called The Diamond Mirror: Baseball History as Life (Essays) . It begins with essays about my man Dave...

Monday 9/15/25 People ride into North Fork to take on Lucas McCain. They ask around to find out where he is, get the info, go to that...

Sunday 9/14/25 It's happening with the Red Sox. The fall. They're in trouble now. Only two games up for the final Wild Card spot. Alex...

Saturday 9/13/25 We've made ours a world in which people are only capable of being interested in themselves, despite virtually no one now...

Thursday 9/11/25 Obviously Charlie Kirk was a terrible person. You know what? Most people--almost all--are terrible people. If you think...

Thursday 9/11/25 It's three in the morning. I'm working. I stopped and took a look at Threads. One look. Two minutes. If you're not an...