Mark GoodsonWe Are the Luckiest book reviewI enjoyed Laura McKowen’s We Are the Luckiest for the same reason I enjoy books — they express something no other medium can. There are…Mar 17, 2020Mar 17, 2020
Mark GoodsonMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Book ReviewA take on why this book won the Pulitzer.Jun 17, 2019Jun 17, 2019
Mark GoodsonAuto Flick (a book review)Let me tell you about this writers group I joined. We first met the week after I officially retired from coaching. Serendipitous. I was…Apr 11, 2019Apr 11, 2019
Mark GoodsonGoldfinch by Donna TarttMore important than the debate whether art imitates life is the existence of art itself and the beauty therein that makes life worthwhile.Jan 11, 2019Jan 11, 2019
Mark GoodsonStopping for DeathMy tribute to the Coens’ masterpiece The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a chronicle of death foretold.Dec 7, 2018Dec 7, 2018
Mark GoodsonBook Review: Darkness Before LightA look at New York Times Bestselling Author Anna David's new collection of essays on recovery.Aug 6, 2018Aug 6, 2018
Mark GoodsonThe Story of the StoryThe story of the story is seldom written.Jun 18, 20184Jun 18, 20184
Mark GoodsonBook Review: Through a Long Absence by Joy PassananteAuthor Joy Passanante tells the story of her father’s love for her mother through the distance of war.Dec 28, 2017Dec 28, 2017
Mark GoodsonMy Fair Junkie: Book ReviewWalking the line between unspeakable madness and clean prose is what makes you read this memoir at the speed you binge-watch Netflix.Sep 1, 2017Sep 1, 2017
Mark GoodsonWriters CommunityNo man is an island. But writers form archipelagos.Aug 9, 2017Aug 9, 2017