Neal was born in Martinsville, Virginia in 1948, near his father’s relatives, then moved to Lincoln, Nebraska in 1950, near his mother’s. Then all three moved again and found themselves at the southern crescent end of the Santa Monica Bay in Redondo Beach, California by the fall of 1953; here he stayed until 1979.

C’ville here we come!

Off to the Old Dominion! Thank you Virginia Festival of the Book for such a great roll out! See you there Thursday March 23, noon at the Charlottesville City Council Chambers. Here’s Festival blogger Anna Patra on the program: Neal Snidow‘s Vista Del Mar presents a riveting, expressive memoir that captures the essence of place and time. Here, the banal…

Linkage

The link has arrived! Thanks to Rob Davidson, AV expert Jeff Layne, and all friendly enablers at Chico State who took such good care of your humble correspondent at the Writer’s Voice 2017 reading last week! Below, find the presentation itself at the link, including Rob’s generous introduction, yours truly holding forth in a rambling preamble,…

Interview Two

This Friday September 2 at 10 AM Tune in to North State Public Radio KCHO 91.7 For the next installment of Nancy Wiegman’s interview With your humble correspondent on Nancy’s Bookshelf Topic The Second World War and a discussion of Chapter 7 of Vista Del Mar, a memoir of the ordinary. For a podcast of the…

On the Air, On the Web

Your humble correspondent On the Air Podcast of my interview with Nancy Wiegman of “Nancy’s Bookshelf” on KCHO Chico NPR right here right now! http://www.tinyurl.com/juu7q2y Today’s kind words from reader extraordinaire Gregor Krause: “If Joan Didion is the combat journalist of Southern California in the late ‘60s and ‘70s, Neal Snidow is the anatomist of…

On the Air!

“Friends, Romans, Chicoans Put Down Your Beers And Listen Up!” This Friday, July 15, 10 AM, on KCHO 91.7 ace interviewer Nancy Wiegman of Nancy’s Bookshelf will interview yours truly on North State Public Radio! Tune in! (here’s a link: http://mynspr.org/programs/nancys-bookshelf) See you on the radio!

“something mythic”

A shout out to Bay Area friends! Tomorrow Night Reading in Richmond, CA Friday June 24, 7:30 pm Kaleidoscope Coffee, 109 Park Place, Point Richmond 94801 There’ll be schmoozing, there’ll be reading, but then… There will be High Level Conversing among yours truly and two true literary real deals – Jane Vandenburgh, author of, among several…

“precise and mysterious”

SWEET HOME REDONDO! READING IN THE VILLAGE! COFFEE CARTEL, CATALINA AVENUE SUNDAY JUNE 19, 4pm It will be so great to see old and new friends at the Coffee Cartel, 1820 S. Catalina Avenue, June 19, Sunday afternoon at 4 – we’ll yak, we’ll schmooze, I’ll read, I’ll sign… Books are $20 even by cash or…