Tag Archives: Raking the Dust

The Last Word

Posted on June 8, 2016 by John Biscello

Wednesday, June 15th @ 4pm (mountain time) I will be a guest on the radio program: The Last Word, Conversations with Writers, discussing the craft of fiction, discipline, surrealism, the virtues of the NYC subway system, the radical swing between … Continue reading →

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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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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 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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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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