Author Archives: Carey Harrison

The Maker – a personage ROLL readers might recognize from my previous pieces, or can find in the magazine’s recent archives – has been kind to me during the past six months. She has never been unkind to me, it’s true, over the past sixty-​​​​odd … Continue reading →

It’s that time of year, when for the fourth summer in succession, The Woodstock Players present a World Premiere of my most recently completed stage play, with costumes and set by Claire Lambe. This year’s play, Hedgerow Specimen, will be the … Continue reading →

Twenty years ago I published a novel set in Germany before and after the Second World War, a trauma which left gaping holes not only in the fabric of German cities, as well as in the fabric of the German psyche, but in … Continue reading →

David Mamet’s classic 1975 play, American Buffalo, comes to the mid-​​Hudson Valley this weekend and the following one, with performances on both sides of the river: Continue reading →

This time I’ll be brief… Continue reading →

What you have to do is this: you have to get out of your way.

I’m talking about creative work in general… Continue reading →