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Author Interviews

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Malcolm Gladwell

An interview in support of Blink originally published by BookPage in January 2005

Doris Kearns Goodwin

An interview in support of Team of Rivals originally published by BookPage in November 2005

Jon Meacham

An interview in support of American Lion originally published by BookPage in November 2008

James Patterson

An interview in support of The Jester originally published by BookPage in March 2003

Dan Brown

An interview in support of The Da Vinci Code originally published by BookPage in April 2003

Stephen E. Ambrose

An interview in support of Nothing Like It In the World originally published by BookPage in September 2000 Read More

Taylor Branch

An interview in support of At Canaan's Edge originally published by BookPage in February 2006

Douglas Brinkley

An interview in support of The Wilderness Warrior originally published by BookPage in August 2009

Artist Interviews

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Taylor Swift

An interview in support of Swift’s debut album originally published by CMT in December 2006

Marty Stuart

An interview originally published by CMA Close Up in April 2006

Rosanne Cash

An interview in support of Black Cadillac originally published by CMT in February 2006

Eric Church

An article originally published for CMT News in August 2006

Sierra Hull

An article originally published for CMT News in September 2008

Buddy Cannon

An interview originally published for CMT News in May 2011

Sara Evans

An article originally written for CMT News in August 2003

Steve Earle

An article originally written for CMT News in September 2004

Connie Smith

An article originally published for CMT News in September 2011

Mel Tillis

An article originally written for CMT News in December 2007

Hank Williams Jr.

An interview in support of 127 Rose Avenue originally published by CMT in July 2009

Mindy McCready

An article originally written for CMT News in May 2010

Harold Bradley

An article originally written for CMT News in October 2006
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The Statler Brothers

An article originally written for CMT News in May 2001

Jerry Reed

An interview in support of Jerry Reed Live! Still originally published by CMA Close Up in June 2005

Buddy and Julie Miller

An article originally written for CMT News in July 2019

Bill Anderson

An article originally written for CMT News in May 2005

A can't-fail phrase maker to assist those hordes of fellow countrymen who couldn't contrive the right word to grace a “Stop” sign.

3Somes

Not Available In Stores

Create your own indispensable gadget by selecting one word from each column, moving left to right.

Example: Pocket Eggplant Compacter

Hard-Hitting Headlines

Create your own tabloid teaser by selecting one word from each column, moving left to right.

Example: POPE BITES DWARF

Now Opening For Garth Brooks

Name a sure-fire country music band by selecting one word from each column, moving left to right.

Example: Kentucky River Jihad.

Avoid These Cousins

Create a character even Tennessee Williams might have despised by selecting one name from each column, moving left to right. Any combination will sound like a Texas songwriter.

Example: Ronnie Bob Synapse

Next Year’s Bestsellers

Start that book you’ve always wanted to write by creating an irresistible title. Simply select one word from each column, moving left to right.

Example: Against Another Moon

What are Your Symptoms?

Pinpoint your pain precisely by choosing one word from each column, moving left to right.

Example: severely throbbing earlobes.

Our President, the...

Exercise your most basic political right—name-calling—by selecting one word from each column, moving left to right.

Example: “Our president (or mayor or senator) is an oafishly self-serving manipulator.”

Here's Your Problem

You, too, can sound as authoritative as those guys on “Car Talk.” Create the name of a mystifying “mechanical problem” by selecting any one word from each column, moving left to right.

Example: twisted piston flange

Somewhere In Vermont

Create a ritzy new real-estate development by selecting one word from each column, moving left to right.

Example: Golden Mill Heights

Eat Your Words

Spice up those ordinary recipes with some tasty verbal seasoning. Create a fancy name for your ho-hum recipe by selecting any one word from each column, moving left to right.

Example: Granny’s Cornflake Ecstasy.

Essays on the Homefront

Journal

Aug 16, 2020

Norma and the Not So Distant Drums

Aug 16, 2020

But I cherish these aimless hands and remember the otherworldly ecstasy of holding them the first time.

Aug 16, 2020

Aug 10, 2020

Bitter Pills and Glimpses

Aug 10, 2020

“I'm your memory,” I tell her, “I'll tell you what you've forgotten.”

Aug 10, 2020

Aug 4, 2020

After the Storm

Aug 4, 2020

If we could just be freeze-framed in this moment, it would be a good way to die.

Aug 4, 2020

Jul 24, 2020

Self Pity on Parade

Jul 24, 2020

I beg her forgiveness, serve her breakfast and try to catch a millisecond nap while she eats and watches the “Today” show's glib answers to all human problems.

Jul 24, 2020

Jul 18, 2020

The Decline and Fall of Practically Everything

Jul 18, 2020

Later, she awakens again and asks me to sit with her. She tells me she never feels good. As I try to discover why, the elliptical phrases start-- “I want to . . . ,” “I wish we could . . .,” “Where are . . . .” They are tantalizing thoughts she never completes.

Jul 18, 2020

Jul 5, 2020

Norma's Bathroom Serenade

Jul 5, 2020

Norma slept late again today, staying abed long past the prescribed time for her arsenal of medications.

Jul 5, 2020

Apr 3, 2020

Heart Attacks

Apr 3, 2020

When someone you've been close to for a long time loses memories, so do you.

Apr 3, 2020

Music, Movies, and the Mutt

Apr 3, 2020

The main reason I want Norma to sleep as long as she can is that our normal days are filled with nothing much but sitting.

Apr 3, 2020

Take 20 and Call Me in the Morning

Apr 3, 2020

Norma has never been a hypochondriac.

Apr 3, 2020

Mar 20, 2020

Norma and Freida

Mar 20, 2020

In the years that followed, Norma and I would each accommodate and respect the other's “parallel loves.”

Mar 20, 2020

Poetry

Out of Work

Norma

Mother of God

Open House

Sidewalk: For Sean

Discovery

Passages

Politics

Who Needs History?

“Those who do not learn history,” we are told, “are doomed to repeat it.” Implicit in this saying is that if we do learn from the pitfalls of history, we can avoid falling into them now.” How's that working out?

The Fair Share Manifesto: Why You Deserve More From Your Job

No one becomes wealthy on his own. It always requires the labor of others.

Wealth Creation & Distribution

In an unregulated economy, the profits from the sale of goods and services can be divided virtually any way the owners of the enterprise choose.

Class Warfare

People who have the power that the wealth we’ve created gives them will not surrender it gladly.

Estranged Bedfellows: We’re NOT “All in This Together”

In the sea of economic distress we’re all floating on these days, a fortunate few are riding out the storm in well-provisioned yachts while the rest of us are desperately testing the buoyant properties of kelp.

Why I Love Big Government

Just imagine what a system focused solely on profit would do to you if Big Government didn’t stand in its way.

About Ed

As a writer, Morris has had articles published in Advertising Age, TV Guide, McCall’s, Hollywood Reporter, Salon, Amusement Business, Book Page, The Journal Of Country Music, The Mother Earth News, Baltimore Sun, BackStage, Bluegrass Unlimited, New Country, Tune In and elsewhere. He has been a correspondent for Advertising Age and was a columnist for International Musician and Music City News.

Morris is also author of the play The Passion of Ethel Rosenberg.

Morris at his home in Kingston Springs, TN

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3Somes

A can't-fail phrase maker to assist those hordes of fellow countrymen who couldn't contrive the right word to grace a “Stop” sign.

Essays on the Homefront

Poetry

Politics

About Ed

Author Interviews