Lights, Words, Action
The cinematic influences on The Tulip Poplars.
A Country Boy Can Surmise
Musings from New York Times bestselling novelist and journalist Silas House.
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Influences on The Tulip Poplars, Part I
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Pride Month is a time for celebration and protest, but it's also become bullying season all over again.
Show Me Tender
Empathy, art, and atrocity
Favorite Films 2025
A great year at the movies.
Let the Mystery Be
This year, I need all the magic I can get.
Why a Mystery?
My first murder-mystery, Dead Man Blues, came out this fall, and many people have asked why I’d want to delve into the world of genre-writing, especially crime fiction.
Why Poetry?
How "Trees", Wordsworth, Millay, Natalie Wood, My 7th Grade English Teacher, and others turned me into a poet; how I hunkered down to do the work; and why now.
No Kings, No Bootlickers
My remarks delivered at the No Kings Rally in Lexington, Kentucky, on June 14,2025.
Wise and Wonderful
The Liberal Left needs to speak up more often