Author: Dennis Green
My Brush with Hayden
In honor of Fry Fest, I am republishing the story of how I learned first-hand what a great person the legendary Hayden Fry is. It was 1980, Coach Fry’s second year as Iowa’s coach. These were the days before there was one Hawkeye radio network. Instead, there were several stations that originated the game and […]
In Which a Father is Slightly Proud…
Author, Author! (is what I’ll be shouting in February). Just so Alex Green is forewarned.
Performance Memories – George Duke
Jazz keyboardist George Duke passed away on August 5, at the age of 67. One of my favorite concert memories of all time was seeing the Clarke-Duke Project at the University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditorium in 1981. I was a junior in college, and had just started working part-time in radio. “Sweet Baby” from the […]
Want to Feel old?
Harry Potter is 33 today. He’s like one of those soap opera characters whose birth, adolescence, marriages and divorces all take place over five seasons.
The Lads on IPR
We were guests on Iowa Public Radio’s Talk of Iowa on June 10. Thanks to Charity, Dennis and Sarah for treating us like royalty!
Three Writers, Three Novels
The Writing Lads make the newspaper. Click on the image to read the story.
Traveler Gets a Publisher!
I am pleased to announce that my sci-fi novel, “Traveler,” has been acquired by Mbedzi Publishing, and will come out in October! Mbedzi, owned by Karen Matibe, is based in Texas. They are a dynamic and creative independent publisher, whose authors have won several national book awards. One of their books, “Hade’s Gambit,” is co-written […]
Wave Bye-Bye to Waste Bins
I predict that a consequence of the horrific Boston bombing will be a change in how we dispose of stuff in public places and at public events. Trash cans are about to disappear, or radically change. We visited London last fall, where our son Alex was studying abroad. Walking to the Tube one morning, I […]