Category Archives: Books

Reading/Book-signing at Bookworks

Posted on May 26, 2016 by John Biscello

I will be having a reading/book-signing for my new novel Raking the Dust (Thursday, June 23rd) at Bookworks in Albuquerque. Info here.    

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Red Herrings, Chinese Whispers

Posted on May 16, 2016 by John Biscello

  Excerpt from my new novel Raking the Dust: Over the next couple of hours we compressed our lives into annotated and selective biographies that we laid on the table, right next to our drinks. That’s how D.J. came to … Continue reading →

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Raking the Dust for Review

Posted on May 13, 2016 by John Biscello

Bloggers, scribes, bibliophiles, word-warmers, and miscellaneous creative kin: In exchange for a free digital version of my new novel Raking the Dust, I am seeking honest reviews to be posted on Amazon, Goodreads, and one’s own blog/website. If interested, please … Continue reading →

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Review of Carnet d’AmeriKa

Posted on May 2, 2016 by John Biscello

Carnet d’AmeriKa, Erin Currier (2016, CSF Publishing) “To be human is to transform; to be human is to name, then name anew. I must remember the inseparable nature of word and action.” Erin Currier, November 6th, 2004  In a sense … Continue reading →

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Reading/Book-signing in Santa Fe

Posted on April 23, 2016 by John Biscello

Upcoming reading/book-signing for Raking the Dust in Santa Fe (May 21st @ 2pm). Details here.

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Review of The Boundary Stone

Posted on April 17, 2016 by John Biscello

Hassett’s post-apocalyptic odyssey, through a fractured world of ruins and primordial reform, doubles as a valentine coded in hieroglyphics. Compelled by the nameless firelight (his “Beatrice”) that charges his heart and functions as an inner-compass, the narrator journeys forth, a … Continue reading →

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Review of Raking the Dust

Posted on April 10, 2016 by John Biscello

“Alex is a New York native living in Taos, New Mexico. Divorced dad, jobless (except for a part-time gig dressing as Spiderman) and sleeping on couches, he is devoted to one thing above all, his writing. When Alex meets songstress … Continue reading →

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Raking the Dust Reading/Book-signing

Posted on April 4, 2016 by John Biscello

   “Yet what I found most intriguing were not the facts themselves that constituted DJ’s stories, but the manner in which she had presented them.  Her tone remained breezy and off-hand no matter what she was revealing: My favorite color … Continue reading →

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Freeze Tag Markdown

Posted on April 3, 2016 by John Biscello

Through April 7th, the Kindle edition of my Brooklyn-based collection of stories, Freeze Tag, will be available for 99 cents. Buy here.    

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4/2/16 Reading & Book-signing at SOMOS

Posted on April 2, 2016 by John Biscello

It was a beautiful night of love, laughter & literature. A trinity beyond and yet of words. Bliss-following is indeed a soul-golden route.    

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