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At last night’s Bluegrass Writers Studio open-mic at Dreamin Creek Brewery, I knew I had to read an excerpt from my investigative memoir where my father writes my mother while nursing a beer at a café in Saigon in 1965. Despite his limited education and no formal training in writing, my father could make readers […]

Today’s CNN article about the JFK assassination discussing why the CIA has not released all it knows reminds me of my father’s death.  “It mostly boils down to not wanting to out confidential sources who are still alive, or might be alive, and protecting methods. The CIA says it will wait until people either die or can […]

September 9 is a day that I am always deep in thought of both my mother and father. I suspect it was one of their favorite days. On September 9, 1927, my mother was born. On September 9, 1944, my father enlisted in the Army at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio. On September 9, 1945, my […]

I‘ve been so busy the last few months working on suggested revisions to my investigative memoir and its proposal that I haven’t had a chance to blog. If things go as planned, I hope to have a contract by year end. However, recent events have got me thinking and have led me to do a […]

At last night’s open-mic at the Luigart Cafe, I hadn’t yet titled the essay I’ve been working on and thatI hope to submit to a literary journal later this summer. Immediately afterwards, a fellow writer and good friend sitting next to me, told me to title it “Repentance.” I think she may be right. As […]

I had a great time at the Bluegrass Writers Coalition Conference in Frankfort yesterday. In addition to listening to some great presenters and attending some valuable workshops, I got to make some new friends and visit old ones, including fellow writers I’ve known for some time from the Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning in Lexington. I was particularly intrigued […]

Laura Womack, who I met at a Woodsongs Artists Picnic in Southern Ohio, recently featured me in one of her “Never Too Late Café” podcasts about stories she finds interesting. The podcast discusses my in-progress investigative memoir and other life experiences, including people who have greatly influenced me and my writing.  https://www.buzzsprout.com/1877584/12675870-episode-063-james-b-wells-the-never-too-late-podcast?fbclid=IwAR1zicYhC5AWdT6o63k4QeSol3aHwr_xCM0Y5CsuL3lS5Cu-ALvUfCoCpnY

I love the fact that I’ll be reading again at Cafe Luigart in Lexington on May 21, beginning at 4 pm. What a terrific venue for prose, poetry, music, dance and other art forms…and unbelievable desserts!

I owe a special gratitude of thanks to my School of Justice Studies Chair Dr. Victoria Collins for wanting to Spotlight my interview with “Veterans for Peace Radio Hour” on our college’s home page https://justice.eku.edu/news/spotlight-dr-james-wells

Last night I read a recently drafted essay inspired by my Twitter feed where I tweet a whistleblowing fact each day. I hope to polish it further and to submit it to a literary journal later this summer.