Making Out in San Francisco

Join me as I sip tea with an old friend from Russia in Zen Valley, Explore the wonders of Golden Gate Park, and experience the hills and valleys of San Francisco. Chinatown, Grace Cathedral, and City Light Books are also on the agenda. Not to mention the Make Out Room, where I take to the stage in front of a beer-lit crowd.


It’s all a part of my continuing California book tour travel story being published in serial form by Atticus Books.


Join us at the Atticus Books Blog.


http://atticusbooksonline.com/blog/2015/08/19/booking-it-along-the-california-coast-a-book-tour-road-trip-across-the-pacific-coast-6/

Bad Commutes, Good Sourdough, and High Art

It’s all a part of my continuing California travel story being published in serial form by Atticus Books.


In this fifth installment, I experience the worst commute ever before making it to San Francisco. It gets even worse when I’m not even permitted in prison. But things look up as I sample sea soup and sourdough in Fisherman’s Warf, take in some high and manufactured art, and venture across the Golden Gate Bridge.


Join us at the Atticus Books Blog.


http://atticusbooksonline.com/blog/2015/08/12/booking-it-along-the-california-coast-a-book-tour-road-trip-across-the-pacific-coast-5/

Lunch is on Me at Syndic

Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch? An abridged version of my story, “Late Lunch” was published in the most recent issue of San Francisco’s Syndic Literary Journal.

Syndic Literary Journal finds its roots in 1958 San Francisco when LeRoy Chatfield first began the journal. Today, LeRoy continues to publish the journal with every story and poem presented in digital ink as well as audio format.

In the current issue, you’ll find a story by Nitin Jagdish and poetry by Charles Rammelkamp. Check out the current issue at http://syndicjournal.us/cover-syndic-no-11/.

Whether you want to read it or listen, Lunch is on me at http://syndicjournal.us/cover-syndic-no-11/story-late-lunch-by-eric-d-goodman.

The Great Gadfly

My book review for Year of the Gadfly by Jennifer Miller was published in the most recent issue of Switchback, the literary journal of the University of San Francisco’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program.


The review was published by this San Francisco lit journal while I was in San Francisco for a reading of Tracks: A Novel in Stories. Was that the power of proximity or just a curious coincidence?

Serendipity, I suppose.

A bit of the review: “Part coming-of-age story, part secret society mystery, Year of the Gadfly follows the exploits of Iris Dupont, a teenage reporter whose family is moving from their home in Boston to the remote New England town of Nye. Moving to a new place can be difficult for any 14-year old child. Add to that Iris’s personality as a “gadfly,” someone who does not quite fit in, and Miller offers us an intriguing protagonist. Her best friend, for example, is the imaginary ghost of Edward R. Murrow.”

Check out my review of this fun novel at the link below.

http://www.swback.com/news/gadfly-review-blog.html

And check it out on the front page!

http://www.swback.com/index.html