Harry Groome“Fall’s the perfect time to hunker down and read deeply.”— The New York Times1 min read·Oct 17, 2022----
Harry GroomeJust Pee in the CupWhen I began publishing my Writers’ Notes in February of last year, my goal was to tell stories that focused on others — well-known public…4 min read·May 16, 2022----
Harry GroomeREMEMBERING SWEET BABY JAMESI would guess that many of you define “revisionist history” as I do: you’re dead sure that the way you remember events is accurate and that…4 min read·Apr 6, 2022----
Harry GroomeHunting, Fishing and the LawMuch like the opening of Norman Maclean’s A River Runs through It — “In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly…4 min read·Feb 27, 2022----
Harry GroomeFallen IdolTraditionally, parachuting into hostile territory has been how airborne units enter combat, but, on occasion, the brass finds more creative…4 min read·Jan 20, 2022----
Harry GroomeRejection, Death, and OprahIn the winter of 1998/99, I was in my third residency at the Vermont College of Fine Arts seeking an MFA in Writing. The previous semester…3 min read·Dec 14, 2021--2--2
Harry GroomeSearchingHe was born in the crawl space underneath our cellar stairs. I don’t know why his mother, a stumpy chocolate Labrador named Mocha, ignored…5 min read·Nov 14, 2021----
Harry GroomeNorman Mailer and the Rope-A-DopeA bellicose Norman Mailer had come to the Writers House to argue the premise of his most recent book, his case against the Bush…4 min read·Oct 18, 2021--3--3
Harry GroomeSuperman at ThirteenAs we finished our seventh-grade year at Chestnut Hill Academy, Davis Miller was about to become our hero, the boy we all wanted to be. His…3 min read·Sep 20, 2021----
Harry GroomeHandcuffedTransporting prisoners wasn’t unfamiliar to me. In 1959, a soldier had gone AWOL from Ft. Bragg, and the police in Philadelphia had…4 min read·Aug 16, 2021--5--5