The Largesse of the Sea Maiden – Book Review Blurb

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden – Book Review Blurb: Denis Johnson’s last collection of short stories, published posthumously, The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is the crown for the dead king of writing about the addicted, the downtrodden, and those people who haunt the world while yet alive. Each story reminds me of the line Jim Morrison sang in …

Devotion – Book Review Blurb

Devotion – Book Review Blurb: Legendary Punk-Poet-Memoirist Patti Smith’s slim book Devotion centers on the question of “Why I Write,” which is the subject of the annual Windham-Campbell lectures at Yale University. Because Smith can’t explain the why without the how she writes, she takes us on a journey to France on book business and …

Thoughts on an Interview – Nukde

Thoughts on an Interview – Nukde: I had the great pleasure of being interviewed by Anastassia Goidina for her website NUKDE. Anastassia notes Nukde is a “Romanization for the Korean “늑대” (‘neug-dae’), meaning ‘wolf.’” I was immediately reminded of Kipling’s “For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is …