“. . . a superb interweaving of history, fairytale, and fascinating characters, through which both the nurturing and the destructive small-town culture emerge.” — Jim Swanson, author of Sports and All that Jazz: The Percy Hughes Story
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“. . . a superb interweaving of history, fairytale, and fascinating characters, through which both the nurturing and the destructive small-town culture emerge.” — Jim Swanson, author of Sports and All that Jazz: The Percy Hughes Story The Town of Watered-Down Whiskey, is now available. Shipping and handling is included with the price of the book. Synopsis: Minneota, Minnesota. Smalltown, America. For some, growing up in a place where everyone knows everybody evokes memories of grandmothers’ quilts, cruisin’ after school, and leaning in for your first kiss. . . . → Read More: The Town of Watered-Down Whiskey A few days ago, I posted a short story I’d written in remembrance of a crimson rosella that had been killed in a road accident. I have a lot of anger, right down to my very core. It’s because of incidents like these that that anger prevails. If you can understand this, you can . . . → Read More: Technique Masterclass Living in Japan I met a young American man who did an awfully good job of explaining to me the true attraction of baseball. Apparently, that attraction lies in the collecting of the statistics that rule that game. On reading The Baseball Diet Book, I again encountered this theme; a true, undying love of . . . → Read More: Baseball Diet Book by Pat Ryan We’ll be back next year with more fantastic books. Until then, enjoy this time of good eats and family, John Davis knows the world of gigging well.It is an entire world in itself; a band, on the road, does not follow the conventions of daily life.There is no waking up to the alarm clock at 6.30am, shower and dress, get breakfast for the self and any and all dependents, pack the household . . . → Read More: Gigs by John Davis Our newest release, The Town of Watered-Down Whiskey, is off to the printer. Click here to pre-order your copy. Shipping and handling is include with the price of the book. About the author: JIM GEIWITZ was born and raised in Minneota, a small town in Minnesota. The population, in the 1950s, was about 1200 . . . → Read More: The Town of Watered-Down Whiskey “This poet’s particular magic is the result of her erotic engagement with language. For her, words themselves, the most ordinary, American words, are charged, sensuous, hot-breathed like Roethke’s orchids, with “Loose ghostly mouths…In her poems our most familiar landscapes, both verbal and geographical, become strangely more intimate, more appealing, more seductive.” —Bluefish Magazine Eileen . . . → Read More: Bluefish Magazine on Eileen Silver-Lilywhite’s poetry “These are deftly-written retellings of memories, dreams and events. They carry with them that magic of sepia photographs which gives ordinary scenes the appearance of slow elegance.” —Gargoyle Magazine Eileen is the author of the latest release in our Poetry Series, Mama Joy. Thanks to all of you who submitted to our most recent prose series contest. The doors are closed and the judging will begin soon. We hope to announce the finalists and winning selection in April. Best of luck to all of you. |
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