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What Can You Learn From Steinbeck’s Classic?
Our book club, “Drinkers With a Reading Problem” met at Fairhope Brewing on Sunday evening. Thirteen of us, a large turnout for our group, came to discuss John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. We...
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Paper or Digital: Can You Read the Difference?
Two of my poems, “On the Corner of Fourth and York at the Louisville Free Public Library,” and “Walking Aids,” have been published in Number 70 of Kaleidoscope: Exploring the Experience of Disability...
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2015 Recommendations
Books Nonfiction In the Sanctuary of Outcasts, Neil White Scorsese: A Retrospective, Tom Shone Steal like an Artist, Austin Kleon Travels with Charley, John Steinbeck What we See When we Read, Peter...
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What Happened in June? ALA, The Rock, and Texas
It’s July 8 and I’m still thinking about the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in New Orleans, our Texas vacation, and amputees. ALA As a first time attendee of ALA’s Annual Conference,...
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You Have a Book?
Why Yes, I do, and I’m very excited and humbled to finally share my writing with readers. What’s it about? (from the back cover) Stump the Librarian: A Writer’s Book of Legs is a diverse collection of...
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On Sale Now!
Click on the photo or here to buy the print book from Amazon. Also available as a Kindle Book. What are People Saying? Alan Samry’s kaleidoscopic book, Stump the Librarian is at once a glorious...
View ArticleStump’s Best of 2018
Here’s the best of 2018! By category, only one winner per category, no runner ups, no honorable mentions, no blah blah blah. I’ve culled the list from 427 articles, 119 Youtube videos, 67 books, and 41...
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Stump Gets Reviewed in Amplitude
So excited to see a review of Stump the Librarian: A Writer’s Book of Legs! Check out the review at Amplitude, an online and print magazine with the tagline “Powerful, Practical, and Positive Living...
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