January 2012
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Review of Time Between Trains
Anthony Bukoski‘s 2003 collection of short stories has just been released in paperback by Holy Cow! Press. This review by night city editor Pamela Miller is from the 1/28/12 Minneapolis Star Tribune. Tony says the woman in the Star Trib photo runs Superior’s Accordion Museum. He adds, “I sold her my old man’s accordion and [...]
Interview with Julia Flynn Siler
The Queen’s Speech (adapted from Honolulu Weekly) by Don Wallace As the principals of The Descendants prepare to stroll down Oscar’s red carpet, and the 119th anniversary of Queen Liliuokalani’s overthrow is observed, a major and masterful new book about Hawaii hits the shelves. Julia Flynn Siler’s Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and [...]
Review of China Wind
More Than a War By Dick Cummins Author Dan Guenther and his reviewer Dick Cummins both happen to be Iowa Writers’ Workshop grads, but that’s only coincidental. Ideally, good writing will always find its audience. We’re just trying to support the process. This review is also available on Amazon. China Wind by Dan Guenther is a [...]
Books by Cheryl Olsen’s Bed
For most book lovers, the holidays bring welcome relief—for once other people support our self-indulgent habit. Cheryl (@2bwriters) shares recent gifts and old favorites by her bed. • Moo by Jane Smiley, for a couple of reasons. I recently read Private Life, a good read for a San Francisco Bay Area resident (downright gripping). I was reminded [...]
The Patience of a Writer
Give It Time By Don Wallace When I was 21 my Dad took me aside and said, “Truman Capote had a bestseller at 21. Don’t you want to be a lawyer?” When I was 25 my Dad took me aside and said, “Science says our brain cells begin to decay at 18 and it’s irreversible. [...]
Resolutionary Road
Ah, to be young—and hirsute—again. In this wistful post on his Red Room author’s blog, Eric tackles the seasonal tradition of reinvention and what it may mean for mature writers.
Poets on the Warpath
The Vendler vs. Dove Controversy By Dan Guenther Dan Guenther is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the author of four novels, most recently Glossy Black Cockatoos, the 2010 Colorado Authors’ League award selection for genre fiction. His collection of selected poems, The Crooked Truth, is the 2011 Colorado Authors’ League poetry award winner. [...]
January Calendar
Among the classes Geri Lipschultz is teaching at Hunter College in Manhattan this semester is fiction writing. And among the required texts? Drum roll please . . .We Wanted to Be Writers! This just has “destiny” written all over it, don’tcha think? In a self-described “over the top” review posted on Amazon, Dick Cummins says–among many other things–that Don [...]
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