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Category Archives: Books
Rock and a Hard Place
“In a world like this one, it’s difficult to devote oneself to art body and soul. To get published, to get exhibited, to get produced often requires ten or twenty years of patient, intense labor. I spent half my life … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, photography, Poetry, Prose, Publications
Tagged art life, devotion, fool's journey, henry miller, insanity, passion, survival of the artist, the writing life, words
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Regarding Henry
In honor of Henry Valentine Miller’s birthday (December 26th, 1891). Stalking new language, the happy scribbler tramped through Heaven’s back-roads.
Posted in Books, photography, Poetry, Prose, Publications
Tagged american writer, Brooklyn, haiku, henry miller, paris, Poetry, Prose, smile at the foot of the ladder, tropic of cancer
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No Man’s Brooklyn
New edition of my fourth novel coming soon. From the valentine boneyards of working-class Brooklyn, comes a tale of first love, lost innocence, tragedy, and healing. Daniel Trovato, having left his native Bensonhurst years ago to start a new life … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, photography, Prose, Publications
Tagged Brooklyn, childhood, coming of age, first love, ghost story, New York, novel, Prose, urban
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Henry Miller
Posted in Audio, Books, photography, Poetry, Prose
Tagged Brassai, henry miller, paris, Poetry, Spoken Word, tropic of cancer, tropic of capricorn, writer
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Sub-Versive
Street beat shots from the “Sub-Versive” photo series w/ Michael Falasco.
Posted in Artwork, Books, Cinema, photography, Poetry, Prose
Tagged decay, erosion, in search of lost time, made in new mexico, photo shoot, street beat, street photography, subversive, urban air, writer
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The Last Days of Jack Kerouac
Cine-poetic audio homage to Jack Kerouac.
Posted in Audio, Books, Cinema, photography, Poetry, Prose
Tagged beats, desolation angel, jack kerouac, Literary, on the road, Poetry, Spoken Word, tribute
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Scenes from a Novel
Text puzzle pieces of a novel in progress, i.e., vagabond fragments seeking dissonant merger with harmonious whole.
Posted in Books, Poetry, Prose, Publications
Tagged fragments, novel in progress, pages, puzzle pieces, seventh novel, solidarity, words
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Baffling the Sphinx
The word is my fourth dimension–Clarice Lispector And on the eighth and endless day, where the bottomless hallelujah meets Ouroboros, God created Clarice Lispector. Maybe. Maybe the music of that name was more pure music and vivid living syntax, and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Poetry, Press, Prose, Publications
Tagged agua viva, avant garde, Books, brazil, clarice lispector, cronicas, Prose, Review, riot material, too much of life, writing life
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Something Twisted This Way Comes
I was asked to create a customized review list for Shepherd.com, whose goal is to “create an experience like wandering around your favorite bookstore but reimagined fot the online world.” The following is my list: The best books in which mystery … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged book list, carmen maria machado, david lynch, haruki murakami, her body and other parties, kafka on the shore, mystery, new york trilogy, paul auster, reviews, room to dream, shepherd.com, the natashas, Yelena Moskovich
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