All Blog Posts Tagged 'Poleskie' (6)

WHILE THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS of our military are currently suffering from undiagnosed post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, no serious work of fiction has yet dealt with the consequences of this severe problem. This is the subject Stephen Poleskie’s latest novel, “Sconto Walaa.”

 A National…

I HAVE RECENTLY MET, through Book Blogs, a very talented young writer from the Philippines named Rhea Gulin. Rhea has a blog called Outrageous Writer on which she posts book reviews and author interviews. Several months ago she posted a discussion on Book Blogs about interviewing writers for her blog. I responded to her question with the suggestion that she read a profile written for the Editions Bibliotekos web site by my friend author Stephen Poleskie, and perhaps get in touch with…

I HAVE  LIVED in Ithaca, NY for many years now, and so have writers like Diane Ackerman, Alison Lurie. Jeanne Mackin, and Stephen Poleskie. There are many other writers who live in and around Ithaca. Two of the NY Times 10 Best Books of 2011 were written by Ithaca residents Eleanor Henderson and Tea Obrecht. To find out what attracts writers to this small town in Upstate New York click on the link below and read an article about Ithaca on the web site of Ploughshares Magazine.…

The author Stephen Poleskie has a beautifully written profile up on the web site of Editions Bibliotekos, a small publisher from Brooklyn. You can read it by clicking the link below.

http://www.ebibliotekos.com/2012/06/ivanhoe-during-arithmetic-soul-of.html

Best wishes,

Pearson

An Excerpt from SCONTO WALAA, a novel by Stephen Poleskie

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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 made the most of it, even making a spectacular catch in the…

I have just finished reading ACORN’S CARD, by Stephen Poleskie, a novella and two accompanying short stories. In the title novella an AWOL soldier returns to the downstairs after thirty-three years of hiding in his mother’s attic to find the old woman dead. But what should he do with her body? He can’t just call an undertaker—he is supposed to have died years ago. And how will he provide for himself, as his mother has left little money in the house? By chance a pre-approved credit card…