by Philip Caputo | Mar 21, 2024 | In the media
Patagonia, Arizona — Yesterday, Tuesday March 19, was election day here for the Democratic primary. While I was walking home after voting, I couldn’t miss the handsome, inspiring flag snapping from a yard only two houses down from the polling place in the...
by Philip Caputo | Dec 30, 2023 | Memory and Desire
As a proponent of local bookstores, I urge readers to make the effort to seek out those bookstores. You’ll come away with a positive feeling.
by Philip Caputo | Aug 10, 2023 | Essays, Memory and Desire
Book reviews are anything but irrelevant to a writer. True, a rave doesn’t guarantee that a novel or story collection will fly off the shelves; nor does the opposite forecast a flop. But we’re talking percentages.
by Philip Caputo | Jul 10, 2023 | Essays, Memory and Desire
Why write? A question I’ve been asking myself lately. I’ve been writing for so long that it’s become as natural, and essential, as breathing.
by Philip Caputo | Jun 1, 2023 | Book News, Memory and Desire
My 11th work of fiction continues a shift in the kinds of stories I’m telling these days. What was the turning point?
by Philip Caputo | May 27, 2023 | News
Memorial Day, 2023. LCPL CARROLL FANKHAUSER, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 8/24/65 PFC ROBERT FERNANDEZ, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 6/20/65 CPL BRIAN GAUTHIER, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 7/11/65 LCPL REYNALDO GUZMAN, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines. 1/25/66 1STLT...
by Philip Caputo | Nov 5, 2022 | Journal of a Plague Year
After outrunning it for two and a half years, Covid finally caught me about the middle of last month and clung to me for a solid two weeks. It affected me more seriously than the rest of my family (see previous post), as if it were vengeful because I’d eluded it...
by Philip Caputo | Oct 2, 2022 | Journal of a Plague Year
In the third paragraph of the recent post, JOURNAL OF A PLAGUE YEAR #41, “sister and brother-in-law” should read “sister-in-law and brother-in-law.” My sister, Patricia Esralew is NOT ill with COVID. My apologies for the misunderstanding.
by Philip Caputo | Oct 1, 2022 | Journal of a Plague Year
The Biden administration has come out with a couple of howlers in the past two weeks or so. The first was delivered by the Vice-President, responding to an interviewer’s question: “The border is secure.” The second, more recent chuckle-worthy comment was uttered by...
by Philip Caputo | May 29, 2022 | Journal of a Plague Year
Anastasia, our middle granddaughter, tested positive for Covid last week, following an 8th-grade field trip, and was quarantined. To the great relief of her parents and grandparents, her symptoms — fever, cough, fatigue — were fairly mild. She’s now almost completely...
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