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Tag Archives: novel
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
Straight Outta Brooklyn
Urban slice-of-life in this live reading from my novel, No Man’s Brooklyn, at last November’s Prose Month event. NO MAN’S BROOKLYN: From the valentine boneyards of working-class Brooklyn, comes a tale of first love, lost innocence, tragedy, and forgiveness. Daniel Trovato, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn, John Biscello, New Mexico, New York, no man's brooklyn, novel, performance, prose month, the writing life, video clip
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The Last Furies
Completed draft of my fifth novel.
Posted in Books, photography, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged book, dreamscaping, fifth novel, gratitude, John Biscello, mythology, novel, Surrealism, The Last Furies, the writing life
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Masks
Excerpt from a novel-in-progress: It was in the year _______, that a maskless society had ceased to exist. A decision was made by people who made decisions of that nature (yes, the masks, the decision-making, the proper authorities, all this … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged demasking is a crime, John Biscello, Masks, mirrors within, novel, Prose, reflection points, the faceless
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The Soldier
Excerpt from All the Last Furies. He swept me into the storage room of the inn. Baited me with the promise of candy. Something so simple, and yet candy might be the ultimate siren for children, its lure a golden … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged all the last furies, arthur rimbaud, John Biscello, memory of fiction, novel, play, Prose, radio tuning, the inn, the raping
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Review of Virtuoso
“But I see my mind’s asleep. Were it to remain wide awake from this point on, we should quickly arrive at the truth, which may well be all around us now (its angels weeping)!” — Arthur Rimbaud, A Season in Hell … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged book review, John Biscello, novel, Prose, riot material, two dollar radio, Yelena Moskovich
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Brooklyn for Reel
Video recording of a reading from my novel, No Man’s Brooklyn, as part of “Italian Good Fellas Night” at SOMOS (Taos, NM). In this scene, father and son pay a visit to Atlantic City, where gambling, drinking and storytelling play out … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, photography, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged atlantic city, fathers and sons, Italian-American, John Biscello, no man's brooklyn, novel, Prose, Video
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The Factory
Review of Hiroko Oyamada’s award-winning debut novel, The Factory. The year was 1936, when an indefatigable tramp served as a working-class Virgil in guiding audiences through the hellscape of big business industry and assembly line madness. The tramp, of course, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged book review, contemporary Japan, fable, John Biscello, new directions publishing, novel, The Factory
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