See that guy right there? That’s the fantastic Redray Frazier. Fantastic singer. Fantastic writer. Above all, fantastic human. And I say that not just because he sent me that photo via text […]
Office hours: Come get books signed, hang out
The Grinch 2.0
So the grumpy green guy comes down from on high, tries to steal every last piece of Christmas, has a heart-enlarging change of heart, returns all the trappings and trimmings and gets […]
Just to buy you some shoes …
I saw a local media outlet promoting a reporter whose job it is today to help the dear readers sort out the Black Friday chaos–as if Americans needed help buying stuff. It’s […]
Speaking Freely with Sheila Hamilton on KINK FM
It was a strange and fun thing to hear–myself sounding not completely stupid on the radio, a lead-in to “Trapped.” It was nice to hear “Trapped.”
One day in the Pacific during WWII
There’s an old photo album tucked away in a box in my parents’ basement. Before last summer, when I dug it out on a trip home, I’d seen it once before. My grandfather […]
Newsletter: Scenes from a profile of Oregon’s football program
Kindly blog readers, Hello. How are you doing? Did you know we have a newsletter here at Ryan White & Associates? It’s true. Truer than the “Associates.” You can sign up here. […]
‘One of the great quotes in American literature …’
“We live in a post–authentic world. And today authenticity is a house of mirrors. It’s all just what you’re bringing when the lights go down. It’s your teachers, your influences, your personal […]
One night at the Euphoria (1975)
It was freezing for Gainesville. On TV, there was a full-on freak out over frost. I zipped up my jacket and went in search of a library which, all jock factory jokes aside, […]
My Little Brony
Excerpted from last week’s Ryan White & Associates newsletter. Give or take, it goes out every week. The associates (there are no associates) are playing catch up after a fantastic Sunday night. To […]
Scenes from a book party
Book party. Book party. Book party. So, book parties are fun. Thank you to everyone who came out to Mississippi Pizza last night, and sorry to those who couldn’t get in because […]
