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Wino for Your Love

Wino for Your Love I taught fiction at the University of Southern Maine for seven...
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A Beatle Song

A BEATLE SONG Someone heard me performing my songs at The Bulls (a Chicago bar)...
Cover of 'The Alienist' featuring a figure walking down a dimly lit street.

Carr, Caleb: The Alienist

The Alienist by Caleb Carr relates the story of a serial killer of preteen boys...
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Christie, Agatha: The ABC Murders

In terms of sales, Agatha Christie is led only by the Bible (with the advantage...
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Mason, Richard: The World of Suzie Wong

I first read The World of Suzie Wong as a teenager, and again earlier this...
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Nabokov, Vladimir: Lolita

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the...
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Proust, Marcel: Swann’s Way

I first read Swann's Way by Marcel Proust when I was 32, much too young...
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War & Peace (the movie)

Searching online for movie versions of War & Peace, I found American and Russian productions...
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Wagner

RICHARD WAGNER BAYREUTH AUDITORIUM Grandfather of contemporary anti-semitism, mother of all anti-semites, Richard Wagner is...
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Billie Holiday

I mentioned my friend, Manek Daver, in one of my "Writer's Journey" blogposts, among other...

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