Anthology

On Earth as It Is in Heaven

To turn earth into heaven is a tall order, but no matter where they live on this planet, the people in these stories hold out hope that at least a small portion of heaven might brighten their patch of earth. A doctor and his relatives are at loggerheads over whether England will be more of a paradise if a splash of Pakistan is added. A Tamil doctor who flees his homeland torn by civil war struggles to make a new life in the American Midwest. A New Zealander visiting India strikes up an unlikely friendship with a little boy facing hard times.

A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

The first public announcement from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) regarding the novel coronavirus advised all Americans not to go to the doctor’s office or emergency room. Instead, it is recommended that you call your doctor for instructions on how to get tested and treated. The CDC further cautioned those with compromised immune systems or chronic conditions to be extra careful. But there was a problem, a big problem: a significant segment of Black Americans didn’t have a doctor!

Shaking Up the World

Shaking Up the World is a collection of stories by the Naval Academy Class of 1957 members. Some classmates watched Japanese planes bombing Pearl Harbor (Tom Marnane). Walt Meukow spent the war as a prisoner in the Philippines; another Art Aronson, was a prisoner in the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. The Shaking and shaping of four years at Annapolis molded men who would spend their lives shaking up the world, large and small, in uniform and as civilians. Brad Parkinson's architecture of the Global Positioning System (GPS) was monumental.

How I Learned English

I purchased this book as a Christmas present for my Guatemalan wife because she like millions of other Latinos, has struggled to master the quirks and challenges of English. Ligia took English in school in Guatemala. But I've always insisted we speak Spanish to maintain my fluency, and she patiently corrected my grammar, which she continues to do. After our first year of marriage, I took her to my hometown of Evergreen, Colorado, in winter's dead (cold), where she tried to communicate with my mother by writing notes.

Writing on the Edge: A Borderland Reader

I’ve gotten to know the author over the years based on a shared appreciation of iconic writer Moritz Thomsen, whom Tom met in Ecuador. He accompanied me to the University of Arizona Library, which acquired his archives, including six boxes of materials on Thomsen that I used to research and write several articles. With Tom’s help, I’d write my anthology, Moritz Thomsen: The Greatest American Writer Nobody Knows About.

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