Category: Blog


  • Audio Book release!

    Audio Book release!

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    This Friday is the official BAG OF TRICKS audio book release date! You’ll be able to hear me do bad accents and read the stories the way they were meant […]

  • How About Some Punk Comix?

    I’m so excited by this and hope it really happens 🙂 While at the 29 Palms Book Fair, I met the amazingly talented writers and artists from Wimmen’s Comix- which […]

  • Savoir Faire Interview

    Great interview with Savoir Faire though it seems you need a subscription to read… https://www.savfaire.com/post/episode-184-interview-with-ruby-dee-philippa

  • 29 PALMS A BLAST

    29 PALMS A BLAST

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    I had a great time in 29 Palms this weekend for their 3rd book festival. It was more of a desert and Native-themed event, which makes sense. Either way, I […]

  • no co-opting here!

    no co-opting here!

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    I know I’ll have to repeat this a few times or more before folks understand- I wrote these stories based upon my own experiences and those of my cohorts from […]

  • DIY so punk rock

    DIY so punk rock

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    It’s official- setting up a book tour and related events is exhausting- just like setting up a music tour and related events (ie interviews, reviews, all the travel, housing, promoting, […]

  • 2025 events

    2025 events

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    Well how about that? My calendar is almost full for the rest of the year with book fairs and reading events around the States. I still have a few dates […]

  • clarity around prejudices

    clarity around prejudices

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    Hey friends! Some folks have been asking me about why I chose to have some of the characters in Bag of Tricks be so prejudiced, so I’m here to set […]

  • 2026, here i come

    2026, here i come

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    I’ve been working on so many pieces for the new books: finishing the audio book for BAG OF TRICKS, reaching out to venues, bookstores, libraries and others for reading events […]

  • Bag of Tricks Audio Book

    Bag of Tricks Audio Book

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    Last month, after returning home from Pittsburgh, where I was working on a film, Jorge and I headed into our home studio and recorded BAG OF TRICKS for the Earth […]