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“It’s interesting to think that with copyright law, as suggested in Creative License, being less than conducive to artists who use collage technique today, that Andy Warhol would have had as much success now.”
“So much of my writing process, be it fiction or creative non-fiction, especially in the first drafts, is semi-conscious and largely intuitive, so a part of me was not trying to capture “desperation” so much as the total experience, as I remembered it years later, of being the oldest boy in dangerous neighborhoods, small and weak and afraid, but having somehow internalized that it was up to me to be the man in the house now, a role I was clearly unsuited for..”
My War: Killing Time in Iraq By Colby Buzzell Berkley Caliber, paperback The mission flag in Iraq has been lowered, and the last of the troops are on their way out. A war that has existed for a decent part of my life has come to an end at last. Apropos to this enormous [...]
While visiting York College of Pennsylvania to give a reading, Marion took the time to sit down with me and answer some questions. In a closet. I’m kidding, of course, but only barely. The room in which we seated ourselves is not only window-less, but quite small–calling it cozy would be a rather generous [...]
Try, for a moment, to imagine a world without J.R.R. Tolkien. There would be no Frodo, no Shire, no Gandalf. But what else would disappear without this author? By my thinking, if Tolkien goes, so goes Prachett, Pullman, and…Rowling. Sure there were other fantasy authors during Tolkien’s time (the Inklings wouldn’t have been much [...]
Shaking recognizes R. A. (Stovetop) Lawson as the winner of the Michael V.R. Thomason Prize for best book on Gulf South and/or Caribbean History for 2010-2011.
On July 19th I visited the local Borders bookstore in York County, Pennsylvania after hearing a wave of rumors about this location closing their doors in the upcoming month. Pulling up to the store I noticed a large red sign hanging above the entryway. My heart plummeted; the rumors must be true I thought as [...]
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Book shopping may soon never be the same again. Going to a bookstore like Borders is becoming a thing of the past. However, for traditionalists, like myself, nothing beats the thrill of the hunt in the bargain table, or finding a comfy chair to relax and read the first twenty pages of six different [...]
Lighthead By Terrance Hayes 95 pp. Penguin Books The Irish poet Michael Coady once told me that a collection of poems should be enjoyed in small tastes, as one might enjoy a glass of brandy, rather than devoured in one big gulp like a cheap beer. So, it’s no lie when I tell [...]
Excerpt from the novel, House Arrest, by Ellen Meeropol.
