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Category Archives: Books
Review of Invisible Ink
(Review of Patrick Modiano’s novel, Invisible Ink.) If there is a suitcase, forged documentation, café-life and tons of mileage accumulated tramping the streets of Paris, it’s a pretty safe guess that you are inside a Patrick Modiano novel. The French … Continue reading
Posted in Books, photography, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged book review, exsistential mystery, france, John Biscello, new book, novel, patrick modiano, Prose, riot material, yale university press
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Arson & Grace
Collection of plays forthcoming from CSF Publishing. Arson & Grace Think of this collection as a black-market passport to a realm of lucid dreams and savage jest. Or as the splintered signpost to a crossroads where pop culture, mythology and … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, photography, Press, Publications, Theater
Tagged american railroad, book, CSF Publishing, John Biscello, New Mexico, new publication, New York, oregon, play collection, plays, Theater
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Jean Rhys
You held the islands in your eyes, where it rained and rained and then the sun warmed wet to a wafting hiss. This Jean, you, the feline slink, filigreed shock, and sinewy comb of whitelaced waves ruffling upon puttied blobs … Continue reading
Posted in Books, photography, Poetry, Prose
Tagged arclight, author, Good Morning Midnight, islands, Jean Rhys, John Biscello, Poetry, Prose, tribute, wide sargasso sea
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Arson & Grace: Collected Plays
I am happy to announce that a collection of my plays is scheduled for publication with CSF Publishing. The collection, which is titled Arson & Grace, will feature eight of my plays, all of which have enjoyed a production life … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, photography, Poetry, Press, Prose, Publications, Theater
Tagged acting, arson and grace, collection, CSF Publishing, Drama, John Biscello, oregon, play collection, plays, publishing, taos new mexico, the writer's life, Theater
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Framework
A well-ordered day, relative to the framing, which living betrayed. #20 from Untitled Film Poems Image by Cindy Sherman
Posted in Artwork, Books, Cinema, photography
Tagged cindy sherman, daytime, haiku, John Biscello, photography., Poetry, untitled film poems, untitled film still
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Street Corner Lore
The red light green light of young love and longing in a world of urban lore. Excerpt from No Man’s Brooklyn.
Posted in Audio, Books, Prose, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged Brooklyn, coming of age, John Biscello, New York, old school, romance, the way we were, urban lore
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Kissing Anya
Young love, urban lore, coming of age, and the nature of forever. An excerpt from No Man’s Brooklyn.
Posted in Audio, Books, Prose, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged boy and girl, Brooklyn, childhood, coming of age, John Biscello, no man's brooklyn, novel, urban lore, young love
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Glow
Childhood and coke parties. Excerpt from No Man’s Brooklyn.
Posted in Audio, Books, Prose, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged Brooklyn, childhood, family matters, John Biscello, New York, novel, Prose, urban lore, Video
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The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish
(Review of Katya Apekina’s stunning debut novel, The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish. ) Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty … Continue reading
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