Links

Sophie Mann is my lovely daughter! Check out her amazing art at this website.

Tostan is an organization working in Senegal and other African countries to bring human rights education to rural and urban people.

Shulamith Koenig founded the organization known as the People's Decade of Human Rights Education (PDHRE). In 2005, I compiled and edited THE PEOPLE'S REPORT (see THE BOOKS page). Learn more about international human rights education at this link.

Read reviews of my books here:

This is the website for my lovely home in Sag Harbor, which is available for rent during the summer and sometimes year-round

My friend Gabriele Raacke illustrated my book "Yellow Dog Dreaming". I love her reverse paintings on glass and have several in my house.

Kathy Eldon is an old friend from Kenya who now lives in Los Angeles. Her son Dan, who grew up in Kenya, became a photojournalist and was stoned to death in Somalia at the age of 22. Using her son's death as an inspiration, Kathy and her daughter Amy have created a marvelous foundation called Creative Visions. Check it out here.

Carol Beckwith is another dear friend whose remarkable books on African culture have made her a renowned expert in the field. She is an amazing photographer and artist and has spent over thirty years visiting the most remote regions of Africa with her co-author Angela Fisher to document the changing face of African people and culture.

For several years, I have been teaching creative non-fiction at the former Friends World Program of Long Island University in Southampton. We have now moved to the LIU campus in Brooklyn, NY, and are known as Global College. I now run the Senior Thesis Seminar for the fourth year graduating students.