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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Review: Spooner
Spooner by Pete Dexter My rating: 2 of 5 stars Sorry… I love Pete Dexter, and have read most of his books. Reading ‘Paris Trout’ and ‘God’s Pocket’ (while living on the edge of the same South Philly neighborhood featured … Continue reading
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Ireland and the Irish: sentences from Michael Lewis
Last night, while drinking Guinness and reading Pete Dexter’s Spooner, I took a break to catch up on that menacing, guilt-inducing stack of magazines. I got pulled into a Vanity Fair piece by Michael Lewis, and was quickly reminded why … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Ireland, Journalism, Writing
Tagged Authors, michael lewis, Vanity Fair, Writers, Writing
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My interview with author Karen Abbott
I’d briefly met Karen a few years ago in Asheville, NC, during her tour for her first book, Sin in the Second City. She visited Seattle last month to talk at Elliott Bay Book Co. about her new book, American Rose, … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, Authors, Books, burlesque, Gypsy Rose Lee, karen abbott, seattle, Writers, Writing
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Dog View Daily
Saturday morning, from Mickey’s perspective. Experimental blog posts/pix from Mickey the dog via Droid
Alan Shepard’s golf shot on the moon…
This May will mark the 50th anniversary of the flight in which Alan Shepard became the first American in space. My publisher (Crown) and I will be re-promoting my 2005 biography of Shepard, Light This Candle. (Kindle edition is here; an … Continue reading
Posted in Books, space
Tagged Alan Shepard, Apollo 14, Earth, Edgar Mitchell, GQ, Moon, NASA, Space, United States
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