by LB | Jun 22, 2019 | Anthologies, At Home in the Dark
My foreword to At Home in the Dark has been getting some attention, and I thought some of you might enjoy having a look at it. And if it should induce you to order the anthology, well, so much the better! IT’S GETTING DARK IN HERE Ages ago, Lucille Ball had this...
by LB | May 16, 2019 | Anthologies, Audiobooks, Books, Matthew Scudder
While you and I have lips and voices which are for kissing and to sing with who cares if some oneeyed son of a bitch invents an instrument to measure Spring with? Is that a serious question? It was my introduction to E. E. Cummings. in 1954 I was killing time in my...
by LB | Mar 23, 2019 | Anthologies, At Home in the Dark, Books
Warren Moore III is an academic, although the photo might fool you. A professor of English literature at South Carolina’s Newberry College, he’s a medievalist and a great fan of Samuel Johnson. I don’t know how many of Dr.Johnson’s enthusiasts...
by LB | Mar 22, 2019 | Books
“Duane Swierczynki’s ‘Giant’s Despair’ is a neat bit of Appalachian family drama with drugs, murder and cover-ups at the core, along with a main character who is hampered in his actions by carpal tunnel syndrome gone too long untreated – too real a...
by LB | Mar 16, 2019 | Anthologies, At Home in the Dark, Books
Nancy Pickard on awards: “I don’t care what anybody says–awards are nice. It’s encouraging to get one; it’s a happy, satisfying moment after the long trudge of writing. Awards have helped my career, and lifted my spirits, and given me courage to go on. I’m...
