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Boom Project writers will read for the Filson Historical Society on Tuesday, November 10.

Attributed to Michele MF via Creative Commons Dateline October 19, 2020, Louisville, Kentucky. WRITERS OF THE BOOM PROJECT: VOICES OF A...

As I Live and Breathe

Now 72, I no longer worry about dying, but I would like to talk about death. When I was 13, I wanted to talk about Pat Boone. At 16, I...

Skin in the Game

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.~ It was early 2017. White nationalists seemed to be...

Distracted in the time of Coronavirus

DATELINE—April 22, 2020. Louisville, Kentucky In the era of the COVID-19 pandemic During the time between breakfast and lunch...

Great, for your Age

1.You look great for your age. 2. You don’t look 75… 3. You don’t act 67. Look, act, for your age – words or a phrase with dubious...

A River Runs Through Us

A cool breezy day, sun shining, sailboats passing as readers shared their stories, memories, poetry to a receptive audience of 70...

On our way to Mr. Rogers' neighborhood!

Today, we will drive from Derby City to the Steel City, to hear our Pittsburgh area writers read at the White Whale Bookstore in what was...

Welcome to The BOOM Project BLOG

7.15.19 Follow us on our book tour along the Ohio River as we meet authors and literary enthusiasts, book people, librarians, students,...

Some words from the author of "Simon and the Actress"

I believe my father would chuckle at parts of my story. I know he’d argue ‘that’s not how it happened.’ And, I’d remind him I write fiction.