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Reading Joseph Mitchell, Wodehouse, and Pedro de Castaneda
Originally posted on The New Psalmanazar:
* Joe Gould’s Secret, Joseph Mitchell I don’t know if people were simply more gullible in the New York City of the nineteen-forties and fifties or if my easy cynicism has finally paid off in actual enlightenment, but I guessed Joe Gould’s “secret” long before the author himself discovered…
…Author Allan Bott Guest Blogs and tells us of an exotic new WURLD… #TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
… my pal, Author, Allan Bott tells us a wee bit about his book, and the WURLD he creates in it… I’m always amazed at the ability of we scribblers to continue to conjure up those wonderfully exotic place names… kinda makes my hometown,‘Govan’ look a bit tame… over to you,…
Mirror Interview # 5 Luccia Gray
Originally posted on readful things blog:
*Today our guest is the lovely and talented Luccia Gray. Please welcome her and take a moment to say hello and check out her work! If you would like to do your own mirror interview–it’s a lot of fun talking to yourself–go to the contact me page and send…
Book sculptures by Jodi Harvey-Brown
Originally posted on Madeleine Swann:
Have a look at these amazing sculptures from old books by Jodi Harvey-Brown!
Bad Fall – Part 81
Originally posted on Dellani Oakes:
Lured away from safety, Frank finds himself a prisoner. Liz obviously has plans for him. She’s after something that only he can give her. Though Phil is with her, Frank suspects that he isn’t doing so willingly. Has she done to him what she’s done to Frank? Arriving at his house,…
…waiting for the Godot Agent/Publisher… TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…another of my wee chestnuts to share today with yeez… I’ve blogged on this before, but it’s been a while since the last time, so time to freshen it up… I’m not 100% convinced that I’d be any better off in real terms with a formal Agent or Publisher relationship…
Thomas Berger, 1924-2014
Originally posted on The New Psalmanazar:
From Berger’s 1970 novel Vital Parts: “The trick of survival was to accomplish something of no utility, and so small as to be inconspicuous.” If we admit that books, like so many of the best things, have no utility, then perhaps it explains Berger’s longevity. He was a recluse…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 