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FICTION (SHORT STORIES) in the NEW YORK TIMES?
Most people are not aware that the NEW YORK TIMES occassionally publishes works of fiction. By this I mean short stories, not their sometimes wildly exaggerated "news" items. But that is another…Continue
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Do Book Trailers Sell Books? Post you book trailer here!
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My friend, author Stephen Poleskie, recently had a book trailer made for his book VIGILIA'S TEMPEST. While it had over 700 hits on YouTube in the first months it was up, and has now passed 3000, he…Continue
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When Walt Whitman Played for the Philadelphia Eagles
~A Excerpt from WILBENDER BRIDGE, a novel by Stephen Poleskie, to be published in May 2012~THE NEXT YEAR the Eagles' number one receiver had demanded too much money when his contract was up for renewal so was sent packing. Whitman was moved up to the regular squad. He rode the bench and covered kickoffs, until the third game, when the former number two receiver, now number one, broke his ankle. Given his chance Walt made the most of it, even making a spectacular catch in the last seconds of the…See More
FICTION (SHORT STORIES) in the NEW YORK TIMES?
Most people are not aware that the NEW YORK TIMES occassionally publishes works of fiction. By this I mean short stories, not their sometimes wildly exaggerated "news" items. But that is another matter. Below is a link to the short story MOUNTAIN MAN by Thaddeus Rutkowski that appeared in a recent issue of the paper. Give it a try and then send me a comment on what you think, not only about this story, but also about the idea of short stories, or even serialized novels, appearing in…See More
BEING HUMAN, an anthology
Twelve authors and fifteen stories on the nature of being human and the human character in both the natural environment and human-made world constitute this stimulating book. The stories are engaging, memorable, contemplative, and even humorous. While we have constructed, over thousands of years, a vast cathedral of scintillating, rational humanity, we can be primal and shadowy with visceral emotions – and so this collection admirably demonstrates. There are many difficult questions posed in…See More
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA: Nobel Laureate
Wisława Szymborska died on 1 February 2012 in Poland. She was one of Poland's greatest poets and won the Nobel Prize for Poetry in 1996. Showing profound strength in times of trouble, she survived the Nazis and the Communists and lived to tell about it with clarity, honesty, humor, and charm. She will be remembered.Here is one of her poems as a tribute. ON DEATH, WITHOUT EXAGGERATIONIt can't take a joke,find a star, make a bridge.It knows nothing about weaving, mining, farming,building ships,…See More
THE FIX IS IN: a collection of poetry
TISH PEARLMAN, host of the award-winning weekly public radio program “Out of Bounds,” is also a poet. Her first chapbook “The Fix Is In” has been published by Finishing Line Press. This is a very personal collection that focuses on her 2009 open heart surgery experience. Two of the poems in her collection will also be appearing in the 2011 edition of “The Healing Muse.”Dr. Diedre Nielson, who teaches at SUNY Upstate Medical University and edits “The Healing Muse” says of Pearlman's book of…See More
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Do Book Trailers Sell Books? Post you book trailer here!
My friend, author Stephen Poleskie, recently had a book trailer made for his book VIGILIA'S TEMPEST. While it had over 700 hits on YouTube in the first months it was up, and has now passed 3000, he is not quite sure how many sales this actually accounted for. Here is the link to his book trailer if you would like to check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY5eCVRnDw0Let me know what your opinion is of the effectiveness of book…See More
AIRS & VOICES, a book of poetry by Paula Bonnell
MY PERSONAL LAWYER IS ALSO a writer of crime thrillers. I can deal with that, most people need a day job, and he finds his material in his cases. Now here comes Paula Bonnell, a practicing lawyer who writes poetry. So where to start? I tried reading these poems as if I did not know that they were written by someone with “esquire” after their name. Then I remembered that Wallace Stevens was also a lawyer, albeit a corporate one.Ms. Bonnell’s book of poems, “Airs & Voices” was the winner of…See More
"The letters of the word FALSIFICATION can be rearranged to form the words OFFICIAL SAINT."
LIGHTNING AND ASHES, poems by John Guzlowski
A REVIEW: WHAT MORE CAN ONE SAY about this collection of poems than has not already been said by the Polish poet and Nobel Laureate Czeslaw Milosz. “In [Guzlowski’s] poems the land of his parents and the work camps are always present, although at the same time they are only part of his poetic repertoire. [T]here are a lot of completely different poems . . . free of the burden of the past. This slim volume even astonished me with its doubleness. The first part summons precisely the camp images…See More
VIGILIA'S TEMPEST: Stephen Poleskie
Did Lindberg Have a Secret Copilot? A Review: In his latest novel, “Vigilia’s Tempest,” author Stephen Poleskie confronts history as it has been written by posing the question: What if Charles Lindbergh had a secret copilot with him to keep him from falling asleep on his famous flight from New York to Paris, and what if the…See More
"The letters of the word AMERICAN,
can be rearranged to form the word CINERAMA."
LOUISA AND THE MISSING HEIRESS: Anna Maclean
This is a reissue, in trade paperback, of a book originally published in 2004. Upon rereading the book I see that my opinion has not changed, in fact I enjoyed the book even more the second time around when, knowing the plot, I could concentrate on the author's rich prose style. The new format makes the book even easier to read, and the new cover design is more appealing than the previous one. The publisher is still Penguin but the book is now out under the Obsidian imprint. The New York Review…See More
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I RECENTLY READ A QUOTE attributed to Walter Benjamin that said: "There is no difference between a human life and a word." It was used by an author as an introduction to her book. I don't know exactly where the quote came from, as I have not read it in context. But used alone, as it was, it seemed rather immature, something a young and not fully developed mind might say. Looking around my house I can see two human beings, and three cats, and almost a thousand books containing probably a million words. And I clearly see the difference.
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When Walt Whitman Played for the Philadelphia Eagles
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A Excerpt from WILBENDER BRIDGE, a novel by Stephen Poleskie, to be published in May 2012
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THE NEXT YEAR the Eagles' number one receiver had demanded too much money when his contract was up for renewal so was sent packing. Whitman was moved up to the regular squad. He rode the bench and covered kickoffs, until the third game, when the former number two receiver, now number one, broke his ankle. Given his chance Walt…
ContinuePosted on April 6, 2012 at 4:30pm
BEING HUMAN, an anthology
Twelve authors and fifteen stories on the nature of being human and the human character in both the natural environment and human-made world constitute this stimulating book. The stories are engaging, memorable, contemplative, and even humorous. While we have constructed, over thousands of years, a vast cathedral of scintillating, rational humanity, we can be primal and shadowy with visceral emotions – and so this collection admirably demonstrates. There are many difficult questions posed in…
ContinuePosted on February 17, 2012 at 5:07pm
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA: Nobel Laureate
Wisława Szymborska died on 1 February 2012 in Poland. She was one of Poland's greatest poets and won the Nobel Prize for Poetry in 1996. Showing profound strength in times of trouble, she survived the Nazis and the Communists and lived to tell about it with clarity, honesty, humor, and charm. She will be remembered.…
Continue Posted on February 1, 2012 at 9:30pm
THE FIX IS IN: a collection of poetry
TISH PEARLMAN, host of the award-winning weekly public radio program “Out of Bounds,” is also a poet. Her first chapbook “The Fix Is In” has been published by Finishing Line Press. This is a very personal collection that focuses on her 2009 open heart surgery experience. Two of the poems in her collection will also be appearing in the 2011 edition of “The Healing Muse.”
Dr. Diedre Nielson, who teaches at SUNY Upstate Medical University and edits “The Healing Muse”…
ContinuePosted on January 30, 2012 at 9:30pm
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