Monday, September 26, 2011
Back on the beat
After five years away from writing about music, the fiftieth-anniversary tour of my favorite rock band inspired me to contribute a concert review to the Weekly Standard: "Return of the Zombies." It's fun to be back in the rock-journalism game, if only briefly.
Besides my graduate studies in theology (on the way to an STL so as to obtain a pontifically licensed doctorate), I am currently working with my publisher, Ave Maria Press, to prepare for the publication of my next book, My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints. Today I received the proposed cover for the book, and am thrilled at how perfect it is. Will post it here once the publisher gives it the final OK.
12:33 PM
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Moving on up
I received the wonderful news this week from Ave Maria Press that the powers-that-be have decided to move up the publication of my second book, My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints, by one month, releasing it in April rather than in May. It will be one of the "front-runners" of their spring catalog.
As noted, I'll be blogging regularly during the weeks to come, as the book's publication nears, and will also update my other websites, which I've neglected during the past year while pursuing graduate studies and writing.
11:52 PM
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Update on My Peace I Give You
Thanks so much to everyone who prayed for me this summer as I wrote My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints. The latest news is that manuscript is now with the publisher, and it is set for a May 2012 publication.
During the weeks to come, as the book's publication date approaches, I will resume regular blogging, and intend to write about things I learned in writing My Peace I Give You. I have come to believe that a pastoral program to help adult victims of childhood sexual abuse—all such victims, not only those abused by clergy—is the missing piece of the Church's effort to build a culture of life.
1:04 AM
Saturday, September 10, 2011
If I wearied Richman ...
... with my banal questions, he was too gentlemanly to show it.
Yes, that is me in April 1996—during my pre-baptismal years as a rock journalist—interviewing Jonathan Richman backstage at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey, for the Manhattan public-access cable show "Videowave."
In my defense, the "what is your favorite color" question wasn't my idea. I posed it on the advice of Richman's drummer, Tommy Larkins, who promised me I would get a good answer. He was right!
Watching the clip now, I remember how nervous I was. I felt I had no business doing the interview, as I did not own any of Richman's records, neither did I know much about his history. Thankfully, he was extremely kind and patient.
11:33 PM
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