I wasn\’t sure what to expect from this book which may be a stupid thing to say given how much I have read Mr Ellis, both in the form of his graphic novels and the regular missives from his website. Read more…
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mooncalf by nicole isabella please check out this great poem (by clicking the above link) by my friend nicole which has been accepted by gloom cupboard — this cool zine that comes in both print and online editions. i always Read more…
I remember exactly where I was when I learned of the passing of Kurt Vonnegut — I was in Wisconsin staying on a friend\’s couch into the second month of my travels around the states. I wrote a poem in Read more…
Please check out our sister site — it houses some older pieces that were culled from a scattering of poetry and writing blogs and some newer pieces. All of it is worth a read and I would appreciate any comments Read more…
The Gambler is the story of Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor in the household of The General and his family. This was paired with Notes From The Underground: both of them being fairly short novels and stylistically similar — both of Read more…
Taken From Chuck\’s Official Site: Posted March 20th, 2008 by Dennis In emailing back and forth with Chuck earlier this week, I asked him what he\’s been up to. I might have been feeling him out for what he\’s been Read more…
I have been meaning for an age to read Dostoevsky and, having a literature degree, am slightly ashamed of myself that it has taken until now. I am of course reading a translation but I have to trust that it Read more…
I am so glad that I read this book before I watched the film because if not I wouldn\’t have bothered and I would have denied myself an entrance into the work of a wonderful writer. The film stripped away Read more…
As with a lot of the works by Herman Hesse this book is not large in regards to the number of pages but the largeness of the spirit contained within is immeasurable. Sometimes you read a book and you feel Read more…
You find the beats, you find Fante, you\’re gonna find Bukowski. As a writer how can you not be drawn to him? It is arguable that he is one of the most influential out of any of that type of Read more…