Overview

I am a writer, a critic, a teacher and education administrator. An editor of "Night Running,'' a collection of essays published by Wellstone Books and the former longtime editor of the San Francisco Examiner Magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle Style section. Devout follower of politics, pop culture and poetry. As a book critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Barnes and Noble Review and Zzyva magazine, I am also a member of the National Book Critics Circle.