Just Another Arab Jewish Potluck

On Thursday, September 27, at 7pm I'm part of a public conversation with Joe Geha in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union, on the Iowa State University campus. The event is co-sponsored by the ISU Creative Writing Program, the English Department, and the Committee on Lectures (funded by the GSB). For more info go to the ISU Lectures Program site.

Ames Tribune Column

Here's a link to my Ames Tribune column from August 18, about a topic that is of national interest right now....

Leaving Long Island is out!

My latest book, Leaving Long Island and other departures, was just published (TODAY!) by Culicidae Press. Here's a link if you want to get the book now. An eBook version will be available very soon, and I'll announce it here when it's out as well....
http://www.culicidaepress.com/cp/fernKupferLLI.html

New Column in the Ames Tribune

As of June 16 I'm officially back into the business of writing columns, this time for my local newspaper, the Ames Tribune. You can bookmark the column at the Ames Tribune site or find it in their menu heading under Opinion, right between the Business and Obituaries headings.
Here's a link to my first column about getting movies for adults into Ames theaters, and what you can do about it...

Cover for Leaving Long Island

Here's the final design for the cover of my latest book, Leaving Long Island and other departures, forthcoming this summer from Culicidae Press here in Ames, IA.

First Step

Here's my first blog post....