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Tag Archives: Review
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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Kirkus Review of Jackdaw and the Doll
Excerpts from Kirkus’s just released review of The Jackdaw and the Doll. “Kafka becomes a winged storyteller in this picture book’s loose, biographical fable. K leaves his family just as his illness gets worse. In a summary of his life, … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, photography, Poetry, Press, Prose, Publications
Tagged art, fable, izumi yokoyama, johnbiscello, kafka, kirkus reviews, picture book, Review, the jackdaw and the doll
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Brooklyn in Taos
Review of No Man’s Brooklyn in this week’s edition of the Taos News, as well as an interview about the novel, growing up in Brooklyn, and the writing life. No Man’s Brooklynby John BiscelloCSF Publishing (2021, 164 pp.) “Anya, a … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, photography, Press, Prose, Publications
Tagged anthony distefano, Brooklyn, CSF Publishing, interview, John Biscello, Literary, new novel, New York, no man's brooklyn, Prose, Review, Taos, Taos News
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Moonglow Under Review
Grateful for Candice Louisa Daquin’s advance review of my new book of poetry, Moonglow on Mercy Street (due out soon from CSF Publishing). Moonglow on Mercy Street by John Biscello When you read a lot of poetry for a living, … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, photography, Poetry, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged candice lousia daquin, crow speak, CSF Publishing, John Biscello, moonglow on mercy street, poetry book, Publication, Review
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The Fool
Review of Anne Serre’s The Fool (and Other Moral Tales). Among the linty cling of rumors and backwashed gossip spread around the barrooms and laundromats of the universe, circulates this mortuary nugget: Hey, did you know that Ego, when it … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged anne serre, fool's play, John Biscello, new directions publishing, Prose, Review, riot material, story collection
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Surrealism in Paris
Review of Sue Roe’s In Montparnasse: The Emergence of Surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali A fish rides a bicycle into the Seine. The fish begins to drown and then remembers that it is a fish and starts to … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged art life, John Biscello, montparnasse, paris, Prose, Review, riot material, Surrealism, the left bank
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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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Proxy Among the Spiders
Review of Jean Fremon’s Now, Now, Louison, a “life imagined” of the artist and sculptor, Louise Bourgeois. There once was a little girl named Louise. Sweet, endangered, watchful and tragic, this little girl, who in her permeable nomenclature was also … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged art life, jean fremon, John Biscello, Louise Bourgeois, new directions publishing, Review, riot material, sculptor
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The Emissary
My review of Yoko Tawada’s dystopic delight, The Emissary, a.k.a., The Last Children of Tokyo. I have seen the future and it’s murder — Leonard Cohen, “The Future” Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Death walks into a bar, wielding … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Press, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged award-winning book, dystopic, japan, John Biscello, new directions publishing, Review, riot material, yoko tawada
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Review of Nocturne
Johanna Debiase’s review of Nocturne Variations, appearing in the Taos News. “John Biscello’s newest novel, Nocturne Variations, is exactly what the title promises, a dreamy narrative landscape bursting with a lyrical kaleidoscope of sights, sounds and perspectives. The reader is … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Johanna DeBiase, John Biscello, nocturne variations, Review, Surrealism, Taos News, the new-old Neverland
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