
The Gary and Ira Book Club
I know many people like participating in book clubs. I’ve even had the pleasure of meeting with three or four book clubs who chose one of my books for their

I know many people like participating in book clubs. I’ve even had the pleasure of meeting with three or four book clubs who chose one of my books for their

As an independent author, I need to figure out how to get things done that a publisher would ordinarily do for me. Not the least of those things is finding

This is an excerpt about how I began performing from my upcoming memoir LESSONS FROM THE STAGE: …As a child, I was identified by a local scouting legend, Ed Strang,

This is a little snapshot of the Shelton where I grew up. It is the story of a Shelton that was a little different than today – before Bridgeport Avenue

Every now and then, I am asked if I’m a Buddhist. It’s a difficult question to answer…but let me give it a whirl. It all began in the winter of

I’ve lived in the same neighborhood for sixty-six of my seventy-three years on this planet. I often joke that I not only can’t get out of Shelton, I can’t even

Fran and I arrive on the campus of Dartmouth College at 9:00 a.m. on a perfect Friday morning. Across from the Hanover Inn, the enormous Dartmouth Green, around which many


When we opened Center Stage Theatre in 2005, I was contacted by a reviewer from Hometown Publications, which at the time published the Huntington Herald (now the Shelton Herald) and

A friend recently asked me how writing novels compares to directing plays. A fair question. Here’s my best attempt to answer his question. If you don’t know me very well,