Jasper Johns Looks in the Mirror

We began Clyde Hill Publishing and our emerging poetry imprint, Pulley Press, because we’re interested in people who think differently – founders innovators, thinkers, and tinkerers. The painter and sculptor Jasper Johns checks all of these boxes. And more. *** In...

More Than an Escape: Favorite Books of 2020

This has been a blazingly busy year at Clyde Hill Publishing, as we’ve helped to bring the stories of activists, physicians, and intellectuals to the world. I’ve also had the pleasure of reading more, and more widely, than ever. These books were among my favorites...

Nature’s Call to Arms

Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac inspired many environmental readers and writers not only to love the little things in nature but also to do what we can to protect them. I first read it as a young speechwriter for a former U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Leopold’s...

On editing, editors and the truth in fiction

A lot of writers cast editors as the bad guys, the kill-joys. Clods who stomp all over our brilliant linguistic trills. It’s always perplexed me because, in my writing life, editors are the unsung heroes. I’ve weathered mismatches, sure, editors who saw themselves as...