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Launching the Paperback Edition of “Later Days” …. A Story from the Heart & Funny Bone
I could talk myself hoarse thanking everyone who brought this idea to life
A Dying Friend Asked Me to Help Him Write an Apology Letter for a Terrible Mistake Still Haunting Him
And I book I'd never intended to write, and had no idea how would be received, have…
What a dream come true … my “Later Days” interview with NPR’s Suzanne Lang!
We talked about prep-schools and how they can mirror "The Lord of the Flies." We talked…
The Tree and the Voice and Writing a Novel
"Later Days" began when a brilliant, dying friend asked me to compose an apology letter…
From the Department of Unexpected: “Later Days” Wins General Fiction Prize at the American Writing Awards!
And, in another humbling development, it was also named Fiction Book-of-the-Year…
“The Lost Art of Album Release Parties” – Boomer magazine
We hustled into my room, nodding at the familiar, Jimmy Page poster on the wall, stoked…
The Liberty and Tragedy of Greatest-Generation Parents
Gazing up from our dining-room table that evening in 1969, my seven-year-old eyes began…
The Seeds of “Later Days” and the Ties Binding Our Two Main Characters, Denny & Luke
"Later Days" originated between the release of my debut novel, "Arroyo," and pandemic…
In ‘Later Days,’ Chip Jacobs draws on Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge’s past
"A diamond is formed through tectonic pressure, and I have felt that, whether it was…
Trump Administration Hits International Criminal Court With Severe Sanctions via @NYTimes
Trump Has Cast Doubt on Elections on 440 Days in His Second Term via @NYTimes
I thought I was reading about North Korea or Iran, but no, this is Hegseth’s Pentagon.
A publicly live streamed firing squad? After the Christa Pike debacle?
Revolting for the world’s leading democracy, no matter the crime.
With deep sorrow and regret I must report that President Donald J. Trump did not win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. I know how devastated all of you must be. But inevitably, someday, in the not-too-distant-future, he will give the world something much greater to celebrate.
















