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Category Archives: novelists
Why Men Should Read Jane Austen #3
Men should read Jane Austen not only because she gives us a clear perspective on what women legitimately expect from men and not only because she gives us a clear picture of what men often look like to women, but because … Continue reading
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Why Men Should Read Jane Austen #2
In Austen’s work, the men who get the girl are usually rich or at least under the umbrella of great wealth in one way or another. But the good guys are not greedy or venal. They are not the moneychangers … Continue reading
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The Characteristics of Modern Poets #12
The mystic, having once seen the truth, is patient and brave. For him, there is no worship of counterfeit gold and no fear of counterfeit power.
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The Last Rose Of Summer
The people who first lived in this house were aristocrats. Even their women were college educated and this in a day when girls around here got married and that was it. I remember hearing my uncle talk about them. He … Continue reading
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Morning Poem, August 15, 2014
Sycamore and Birch In the southern mountains, the sycamore and birch line the banks of the young rivers. These are water-loving trees and, where their growth is not interrupted, their great, ragged trunks lean out over the water and their … Continue reading
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Evening Post, August 14. 2014
A memoir: a prose poem It is always August. There was something in those thirty days under the Dog Star that seemed permanent and everlasting. The weeks in June and July had been long enough to dim the memory of … Continue reading
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Evening Post, August 13, 2014: Excerpt from Novel
This evening’s post is a passage from my novel,In The Forest Of The Night. It is a description of a state trooper (who is investigating a murder) driving from the rural coalfields of southern West Virginia to the State Capital. … Continue reading
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Evening Poems, August 10, 2014
Here are two short poems for the evening. I wrote both of them years ago. The first is an attempt at haiku and the other is taken from my novel, In The Forest Of The Night. As always, I hope … Continue reading
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Evening Post, August 9, 2014
Could not find or muster up another poem for tonight. So, here are the first three paragraphs of a book I was once contemplating, but will probably never finish. It was good to be young then To be close … Continue reading
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A New Voice: Joseph E. Bird
I’ve mentioned him here before, but last night I had a chance to read more of his latest novel and I’m telling you, this guy is coming on. His name is Joseph Bird. He doesn’t have much out there yet … Continue reading
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