Category Archives: Books

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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Article in the Taos News

Posted on April 2, 2016 by John Biscello

“Some of the friends on whom characters in this novel were based read the book and knew that they might find themselves – or pieces of themselves – distilled in, shall we say, compromising positions? It’s a little weird in … Continue reading →

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Interview on Zigzag Timeline

Posted on April 1, 2016 by John Biscello

Among the characters in your latest book, who’s your favorite? Could you please describe him/her? D.J., real name: Dahlia-Jane Reese. She’s magnetic, mercurial, amorphous, charitable, and gravity-endowed. She is difficult to pin down in her rapid shifts from innocently childlike … Continue reading →

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Cris Qualiana Basham

Posted on March 31, 2016 by John Biscello

In what has been a creatively harmonic partnership, three of my book covers have been designed by the inimitable Cris Qualiana Basham. To see more of the artist’s work, visit: Cris Qualiana Basham

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