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Divine Rage & Frozen Burritos: the “Later Days” origin story

The origin story of Later Days: a dying friend, frozen…


Launching the Paperback Edition of “Later Days” …. A Story from the Heart & Funny Bone

I could talk myself hoarse thanking everyone who brought…


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…


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…


The Tree and the Voice and Writing a Novel

"Later Days" began when a brilliant, dying friend asked me…


“The Lost Art of Album Release Parties” – Boomer magazine

We hustled into my room, nodding at the familiar, Jimmy…


The Liberty and Tragedy of Greatest-Generation Parents

Gazing up from our dining-room table that evening in 1969,…


The Seeds of “Later Days” and the Ties Binding Our Two Main Characters, Denny & Luke

"Later Days" originated between the release of my debut…


In ‘Later Days,’ Chip Jacobs draws on Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge’s past

"A diamond is formed through tectonic pressure, and I have…