This month I reflect back two decades to when I first stepped into the world of environmental crime. A friend in forestry had suggested I… Read More »A Writer’s Education: Ginseng, the Divine Root at 20
For New Security Beat, I wrote about how a convergence of organized crime and crimes against the environment is speeding up damage to communities, ecosystems… Read More »Climate Threat of Environmental Crime
In his 1930s essay describing the destruction of Wisconsin’s native forests and the dynamics with communities, writing for a broad audience, Leopold was finding his way toward his true voice.
Recently I was asked for my reflections after returning from a Spring semester in Portugal. I was there thanks to a Fulbright Scholar award, hosted… Read More »Reflections on Spring in Portugal
Our team creating The People’s Recorder, the podcast about the Federal Writers’ Project, has been busy.
I’ve read about 40 books this year (so far) so it’s really hard picking just three! But these books were tops in how they satisfied my thirst for new stories, fresh voices, and thought-provoking tales.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the community garden at Cleveland Park. It started as a Victory Garden in another time of unpredictable supply chains when lethal threats from America’s enemies prompted people to grow vegetables for self-sufficiency.
David A. Taylor Alex Harvey’s Song Noir has a nicely contained thesis — that Los Angeles and its varied character shaped Tom Waits’ creative development.… Read More »The Los Angeles that Shaped Tom Waits
Sharing recommendations on best books on spies and espionage in World War II, based on research for my book, Cork Wars.
David Taylor Umran Safter is a Turkish filmmaker who brings a fresh eye to D.C. history in her new film about 1940s Washington, Leave the… Read More »New Film on Washington in Jazz History
