A. E. Macdonald's Writing Life

A. E. Macdonald's Writing Life

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  • July 7, 2022

    Researching Family Secrets: The Manhattan Project Connection

    Finding my grandfather in the records of the Manhattan Project at the National Archives in Atlanta, Georgia, sent me down the road to finding what my grandfather did in the cration of the atomic bomb.

  • December 8, 2025

    The Story of Arthur L. Delaney: A 10th Mountain Tribute

    Melrose Ski Slope honors fallen 10th Mountain Division Soldier.

  • November 11, 2025

    The Map

    The Manhattan Project Map that shows Boston and where I found it

  • October 28, 2025

    When Melrose was a Ski Town

    When skiing was a big winter sport in Melrose, Massachusetts

  • October 8, 2025

    The Macdonalds of Cedar Park

    Join Author A. E. Macdonald, in conversation with Lisa Ballew, to discuss one family’s journey during WWII on Sunday, November 2 at 3:00 pm at Follow Your Art Community Studios 647 Main St | Melrose, MA

  • April 12, 2024

    Poet Alix Klingenberg Interview

    Alix Klingenberg, the author of two books of poetry, draws on the natural world, cycles, and seasons to express the light and dark within each of us. Alix and I chatted about her second book of poetry, Bread Sex Trees, and her writing process on Palette, the Follow Your Art blog, and Dead Darlings.

  • April 12, 2024

    Neely Tubati Alexander Interview

    Check out the Dead Darlings blog post where I chatted with Neely Tubati Alexander about her latest book, In a Not So Perfect World, a romantic romp about a video game designer and her hot actor/model neighbor, someone she hardly knows, thrown together in the honeymoon suite of a Caribbean hotel. Neely feels truly honored to…

  • April 8, 2024

    Inside the Manhattan Project: Boston as an Innovative Manhattan Project Site

    Boston was one of those cities with a Manhattan Project Office from 1942 – 1946 when the Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, based in Boston with offices across the country,  became the first master contractor for the project.

  • March 2, 2022

    The Green Box

    Our grandmother would pull out the green box where she kept the letters and photos she treasured.

  • November 11, 2021

    Interview with Tammy Pasterick

    Author of Beneath the Veil of Smoke and Ash Check out the Dead Darlings blog to read my interview with Tammy Pasterick on her debut novel that is set against the grim backdrop of Western Pennsylvania’s steel mills and coal mines, Beneath the Veil of Smoke and Ash,  is a riveting story of immigrant grit and…

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