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Richard Goodman

Robert Finch, writer

Robert Finch, the esteemed nature writer, died September 30 on his beloved Cape Cod. He was 81.

Oct 15

Robert Finch, writer

Oct 15

Richard Goodman

The most talented writer I’ve ever known

Around 1980, when I was a young man living in New York, I belonged to a writer’s group. We would meet every week or every two weeks on a…

Sep 22

The most talented writer I’ve ever known

Sep 22

Richard Goodman

Arrival at Cranbrook School for Boys

September, 1959.

Aug 10

Arrival at Cranbrook School for Boys

Aug 10

Richard Goodman

A pilgrimage to Algiers

New Orleans, 2015, a late January day.

Jul 24

A pilgrimage to Algiers

Jul 24

Richard Goodman

Lucien

Lucien Vitiello died last February, at age 85. He passed away in his hometown of Sanary-sur-Mer in the South of France. He was a man I was…

Jul 4

Lucien

Jul 4

Richard Goodman

479 West Willis, Detroit

It was a cheap hotel that rented out rooms to a hodgepodge of people. They ranged from long-term residents on social security to…

May 3

May 3

Richard Goodman

Sadly, the Pulitzer Prize committee has no sense of humor

I don’t know if David Sedaris gives a flying hoot about literary prizes.

Jan 9

Sadly, the Pulitzer Prize committee has no sense of humor

Jan 9

Richard Goodman

Quincy, R.I.P.

Quincy Ryland died two weeks ago. She was my good friend Alex’s cousin. She came, with her Greek boyfriend, Cristo, to stay with us in…

Dec 17, 2023

Quincy, R.I.P.

Dec 17, 2023

Richard Goodman

Abuse, final update

I recently concluded my part in exposing sexual abuse that took place 60+ years ago at the boarding school I attended for five years. There…

May 5, 2023

Abuse, final update

May 5, 2023

Richard Goodman

Christy Lorio, 1980–1922

This Saturday, April 22, at 3pm, there will be tribute to Christy Lorio at the University of New Orleans, arranged by the English…

Apr 17, 2023

Christy Lorio, 1980–1922

Apr 17, 2023

Richard Goodman

Richard Goodman

Author of French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France and co-editor of The Gulf South: An Anthology of Environmental Writing.

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