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Tag Archives: novel
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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Devils in Daylight
Review of Junichiro Tanizaki’s Devils in Daylight appearing in Riot Material. “I would call back at least for literature this world of shadows we are losing. In the mansion called literature I would have the eaves deep and the walls dark, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged book, japan, John Biscello, junichiro tanizaki, novel, Review, riot material, voyeurism
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Biscello & Badalamenti at the Rose City Book Pub
June 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Rose City Book Pub, 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR 97212 Portland’s new chill-n-chat literary hotspot, the Rose City Book Pub, will host Unsolicited Press authors, John Biscello and Frances Badalamenti, who will be reading from their respective … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged frances badalamenti, John Biscello, nocturne variations, novel, oregon, portland, Reading, rose city book pub, unsolicited press
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Working Class Super Hero
(Excerpt from Raking the Dust) Monday morning. I sat in my yard, drank coffee and flipped through the newspaper, eventually making my way to the section I had been avoiding: the classifieds. With perfunctory listlessness I circled the jobs that … Continue reading
The Natashas
Review of Yelena Moskovich’s debut novel The Natashas. “You enter a dark, deserted warehouse on the waterfront. One that smells of cats and kerosene, and whose walls are covered with dusty calendars from bygone eras. Or perhaps you find yourself … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged book review, Dzanc Books, John Biscello, novel, riot material, the natashas, Yelena Moskovich
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Nocturne’s Launch
So grateful for the gathering of people who became a part of the magical and inspired launch of Nocturne Variations, and in the gracelighted eternal words of the Little Prince: “What is essential is invisible to the eye, it is … Continue reading
Timeshare
It is scary once you realize that the past can be changed, and that the future is fixed, a rigged absolute. Knowing that changes everything. And what about the present? For some the present is intolerable cruelty, unimpeachable company. For … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged bill binzen, John Biscello, no man's brooklyn, novel, past present future, photo, time
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Ghostfeed
It’s tough to always be in love with a ghost. Also it’s easy. The living don’t stand a chance against ghosts. In loving ghosts there are no real complications, no real disappointments, no real anything. There’s lots of teething on … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged ghost, John Biscello, love, no man's brooklyn, novel, spirit world
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