Word Matters Articles

House, home, dwelling, residence… I’ve been thinking about the nuances of these words and why the distinctions matter.

Character-driven fiction can change the way we see the world by helping us practice looking from a different perspective. It’s possible in any genre.

Last weekend, I visited Dearborn, MI — specifically, the Henry Ford [museum] and Greenfield Village. Lots of interesting old cars and so on in the museum, as you'd expect. (My favorites: the Bugatti and the X-Prize winner.) Greenfield Village was good, too. The...