James Brown

In Memory of My Sister Marilyn

July 28, 2010

For those interested, "Intervene," the blog for Partnership for a Drug-Free America, has run an excerpt from L.A. Diaries about my sister. It's at http://intervene.drugfree.org/

Intervene: Partnership for a Drug Free America

July 13, 2010

The blog, "Intervene," sponsored by Partnership for a Drug Free America, will be running an excerpt from The Los Angeles Diaries the last week of July, in memory of my beautiful sister, Marilyn Lynn-Brown, who took her life July 28th about a decade ago. Partnership for a Drug Free America solicited the contribution, it's (more…)

Visiting Inmates

July 13, 2010

Twice a month I go to a local prison in San Bernardino County with several other recovering alcoholics/addicts and talk to the inmates interested in getting clean and sober. Usually we get a group of anywhere between 5-20. Most of them are young, I'd say between 20-25, and not long ago I asked (more…)

Thanks to a Kind Soul

June 30, 2010

This is to thank the kind soul that put together a Facebook profile for the Los Angeles Diaries. Very thoughtful. Very much appreciated.

Jim

Check Out Writers & Their Notebooks

January 21, 2010

Diana Raab has just come out with a collection of essays on writers and journaling, and how some of us use the journaling process as a way into writing stories and poems. She's assembled an excellent line-up of writers, with a great foreword from Philip Lopate. Check it out if you have time.

The Chemical Carousel by Dirk Hanson

August 19, 2009

As a recovering alcoholic-slash-addict, I've read 89 books on the subject of alcoholism and addiction, and I can say without reservation that Dirk Hanson's THE CHEMICAL CAROUSEL is one of my top five favorites. It is well researched. It is exceedingly well written. It is unbiased, yet empathetic to the plight of the addict/alcoholic, (more…)

Selected Works

A New Memoir
This River
"...When you put this book down, trust me, you will think about it for a long time.” - Robert Olmstead, author of the national bestseller Coal Black Horse
Memoir
The Los Angeles Diaries
“A grimly exquisite memoir that reads like a noir novel…”
Publishers Weekly (Best Books of the Year)