Cowboy’s Blog
“Sayonara Cowboy explores the wild frontier of time and geography, of youth and love, of destiny and freedom. Fellenberg’s recollections are spun into a personal tale stretched between a war-torn Japan and 20th century Americana, cross-stitched with the colorful fibers of finding identity, purpose, and artistic voice, a voice that is in turns innocent, honest and searching, and always humorous and poetic.”
—TOBY POSER, film maker, Where the Devil Roams, Hellbender, The Deeper You Dig
Do I Invoke Memory Or Does It Call on Me?
“On this summer day, I sit by my pond, watching wisps of clouds drifting across the sky and reflected on the water below — beautiful! Yet there are disturbances from […]
Change the World. Write Memoir.
Ariel Shanberg, director of the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, and I discuss the craft of writing memoir at the book launch of Sayonara Cowboy.
For me, the publication of Sayonara […]
WESTWARD HO FOR THE SAYONARA COWBOY!
Saturday, June 29, 2024
5:00-7:00 pm
WAYNE COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE
959 Main Street, Honesdale, PA
After the showdown with a rough crowd at his reading at the Lutheran Church in Narrowsburg, NY […]
The Book Launch, Part Two, 3:15 p.m., 5/18/2024
I couldn’t help but feel good about the energy in Kraus Hall. The vibe was buoyant, a tide that lifted me over my first, and only, wave of self-doubt. I so wanted to deliver on the warmth […]
The Book Launch, Part One, 2 p.m., 5/18/2024
photo credit: Alice Chenyang Xu
Donna and I arrived an hour before for book launch. Kraus Hall at the Delaware Valley […]
They’re Here!
The UPS driver dropped off my shipment of Sayonara Cowboy this afternoon. I greeted him enthusiastically and yelped, “My books came!” He gave […]