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In writing a memoir you’re telling the truth, while in writing fiction, aren’t you making stuff up? On the surface, and literally (if not literarily), sure...

A Corny Ken: I'd never set foot in the Hoosier State before last month, even though I'd spent the last decade contemplating Mr. J's Osceola roots...

A final assignment -- yup, the ultimate in "exit tickets" -- was completed by my two former South Bronx students, Glenda and Omar...

Here it is: The complete first chapter of my novel, "Exit Tickets," out in hardcover and ebook next week, and it's a doozy of a first day for poor Mr. J...

Here's the singular 'origin story' of "Exit Tickets": If I hadn't been arrested by the NYPD while teaching back in 2014, there'd've been no book...