Jane Hirshfield has authored many books and has been long-listed for the National Book Award. She’s also a socially-conscious practitioner of Zen Buddhism, translator of …
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Book Review – Camino Winds by John Grisham
…an undemanding addition to the beach book bag ….
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During the past several months, I’ve been writing poems drawn from dreams. I’m going to describe the process I use. I suggest to myself …
Continue ReadingBook Review – If It Bleeds, by Stephen King
classic Stephen King with ordinary daily-life details and characters who behave like real people
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a thriller appropriate to read during a pandemic….
Continue ReadingThe New Pledge
I pledge allegiance to what’s left of the United States of America and to the oligarchy that took it in hand, one delusion (under water)of selfishness with nothing for nobody.
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