If you've checked back recently on my website (https://RobRogersWriter.com) or my blog (https://backpackingdeskjockey.blog), you may have noticed some changes to their home pages and menus, which I'm hoping will improve both sites. Tops on the list is the cover art for the blog, thanks to a good friend in Pennsylvania. My blog's new cover art … Continue reading Thanks to Artist Robert Gorby for Making My Blog Beautiful
Category: News About Me
My Love Letter to Nirvana, “The Poster in My Closet,” was Just Published in Under the Gum Tree
My third essay of the summer, "The Poster in My Closet," was published earlier this week in the Summer 2026 issue of Under the Gum Tree, and it is a piece that is especially personal and dear to me. I also now have a special appreciation for Dorothy Rice and the other editors at Under … Continue reading My Love Letter to Nirvana, “The Poster in My Closet,” was Just Published in Under the Gum Tree
“Mother Figure,” my latest essay, was just published in Empyrean
Earlier this week, my second essay of the summer, "Mother Figure," was published in the Summer 2026 issue of Empyrean, and this one has special meaning for me. "Mother Figure" is a tribute to my sister, part confession and part celebration for all she's done for me throughout my life, despite our ups and downs … Continue reading “Mother Figure,” my latest essay, was just published in Empyrean
Check out my latest essay in Black Sheep: Unique Tales of Terror and Wonder (“Road Trip to South Carolina”)
The first of several essays of mine that will be published this summer came out earlier this week in the latest issue of Black Sheep: Unique Tales of Terror and Wonder. Of my soon-to-be-released essays, this one should be the most fun. "Road Trip to South Carolina" is a fictionalized account of a trip I … Continue reading Check out my latest essay in Black Sheep: Unique Tales of Terror and Wonder (“Road Trip to South Carolina”)
Come join me for a reading of my latest essay this Friday in Gainesville and at Independent Bookstore Day in Clermont on Saturday
I have the privilege of participating this Friday and Saturday in two events celebrating literature and the arts, and at one of them, I'll be reading my latest essay titled "Trail to the Past," which was published yesterday in Intervals. If you happen to be in Gainesville or the Clermont area, you should consider checking … Continue reading Come join me for a reading of my latest essay this Friday in Gainesville and at Independent Bookstore Day in Clermont on Saturday
Come Join Me This Saturday at Lake Louisa State Park for Nature Fest, or Virtually, for a Live Reading of My Next Essay, “Campfire Beside the Prairie”
This Saturday, March 28th, I'll be appearing at a live event at Lake Louisa State Park in Clermont, Florida, and then later at a virtual event to read my next essay to be published in Thorn & Bloom magazine. Both will cater to nature lovers. First will be Nature Fest at Lake Louisa State Park, … Continue reading Come Join Me This Saturday at Lake Louisa State Park for Nature Fest, or Virtually, for a Live Reading of My Next Essay, “Campfire Beside the Prairie”
Check out my award-winning essay “Mardi Gras ’95” in San Luis Obispo’s The NightWriter Review
My long-awaited essay titled "Mardi Gras' 95," which won First Place for Nonfiction last fall in the 2025 SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Writing Contest, has now been published in the 2025-26 issue of The NightWriter Review. The NightWriter Review is the annual publication of the San Luis Obispo NightWriters, a writing community in Central California that provides … Continue reading Check out my award-winning essay “Mardi Gras ’95” in San Luis Obispo’s The NightWriter Review
Check out my latest essay in Montana’s Big Sky Journal (“The First Run of the Season”)
I was honored earlier this month to have my essay titled "The First Run of the Season" published in the Fly Fishing 2026 issue of Big Sky Journal, an outdoors and cultural magazine published in Bozeman, Montana. This piece has special significance because of the magazine's publication not far from the home of my wife's … Continue reading Check out my latest essay in Montana’s Big Sky Journal (“The First Run of the Season”)
Here’s how to find me at the Sunshine State Book Festival, and check out “Anger Sister” in The Gardan Journal
The Writers Alliance of Gainesville has now posted the location of each author at the Meet the Author Showcase at the Sunshine State Book Festival at the Santa Fee College Fine Arts Hall at 3000 N.W. 83rd Street in Gainesville tomorrow, January 24th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. As you'll see from the map … Continue reading Here’s how to find me at the Sunshine State Book Festival, and check out “Anger Sister” in The Gardan Journal
If you’re in Gainesville on Saturday, Jan. 24th, come join me at the Sunshine State Book Festival
If any of you plan to be in Gainesville the weekend after the MLK holiday, I welcome you to join me at the Sunshine State Book Festival at the Santa Fee College Fine Arts Hall at 3000 N.W. 83rd Street. I'll be joining 100 other authors at the Meet the Authors Showcase and Expo from … Continue reading If you’re in Gainesville on Saturday, Jan. 24th, come join me at the Sunshine State Book Festival
