Blog | Richard Barager

New Book Award for The Atheist and the Parrotfish

by RichardBarager | Sep 21, 2017 | Book Awards

I’m thrilled to announce that The Atheist and the Parrotfish won Best Literary Fiction in the National Association of Book Entrepreneurs (NABE) Summer 2017 Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards. Congrats to my editor, Eric Pinder, our cover designer, Dale Pease, and...

Break Through Radio Interview: Book Talk

by RichardBarager | Aug 6, 2017 | Author Interviews

Here is a radio interview I did with Kory French of Break Through Radio on his show “Book Talk.” Click the image or here to...

Life Without Pain

by RichardBarager | Jul 16, 2017 | Psychology Today Articles

Check out the latest article I wrote for Psychology Today, “Life Without...

Bookpleasures: Author Interview and Book Review

by RichardBarager | Jul 2, 2017 | Author Interviews, Book Reviews

Here is a recent review of The Atheist and the Parrotfish and an accompanying author interview. I thought the interviewer asked some good questions that made for an interesting exchange. See what you...

The Things We Remember

by RichardBarager | May 20, 2017 | Uncategorized

At long last, publication date. Years of work, the kernel of an idea, planning and plotting, characters who chose me more than I them, ideas that would not let go. How did it begin? What loosed this train in my mind, barreling down the track, destination unknown? All...

San Francisco Book Review: The Atheist and the Parrotfish

by RichardBarager | May 2, 2017 | Book Reviews

Here’s a trade review of my new novel from San Francisco Book Review in the run-up to its pub date on Monday. As I have written before, patients and characters in novels inhabit the same three-dimensions: physical, psychological, and spiritual....

Quasimodo and Physician Burnout

by RichardBarager | Apr 8, 2017 | Uncategorized

The publicity campaign for the release of The Atheist and the Parrotfish will kick off in a few short weeks, but before it does, I wanted to call your attention to an article I wrote some years ago about physician burnout for the widely viewed blog Kevin MD, with my...

From Kiss to Chaos: Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett

by RichardBarager | Mar 17, 2017 | Book Reviews

(Note: I may from time to time write about other contemporary novels that leave a lasting impression on me. Here’s one of them.) Most of us can look back and identify a handful of crucial moments that determined the trajectory of our lives, clear in meaning in...