A snippet of Book Tour: Letter To Johnny Temple |
Johnny,Hi there! I just wanted to drop you a line to maybe just "hang a bit". Haven't really been able to talk to you about stuff and so now that I'm at Joel's, I have the time to just write you an ... Posted by on Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:38:00 GMT |
I Miss Pedro |
I miss Pedro.I remember sitting with him outside a seedy hotel in mayaguez. he was scribbling with a tiny stublet of pencil gripped with gloved fingers. he kept saying hey man, do you know where we co... Posted by on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:15:00 GMT |
WELCOME TO THE STEAM BATH |
OR SHOULD I SAY, MUD BATHor asbestos drizzle or toxic seasons(REMEMBER a punk band called Toxic Reasons??) Oh sorry...got a need to write you about Wednesday 18 July, the day I flew in to ... Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:27:00 GMT |
THE TRASHING OF KURT VONNEGUT |
THE OBITUARY OF KURT VONNEGUT BY FOX NEWS was more of a rightist tirade against a man who lived too long in their eyes than a respectable tribute to a great American writer. They even claim to deny h... Posted by on Sat, 05 May 2007 02:03:00 GMT |
on dreaming dreams |
this is a case of dreaming dreams and walking them wholesale. sometimes through life and maybe they are like companions that wait. a lifetime maybe of not doing something about it. I... Posted by on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:01:00 GMT |
URGENT FURY |
(This article by Jim Testa originally appeared in JERSEY BEAT, 1984) Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:56:00 GMT |
OLD SCHOOL #3 |
(Originally appeared in PAPER MAGAZINE, May 1993.) Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:49:00 GMT |
OLD SCHOOL ARCHIVE #2 |
(This article originally appeared in NEW YORK MAGAZINE, June 7th, 1993.) Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:12:00 GMT |
OLD SCHOOL 1 |
OLD SCHOOL ARCHIVE #1
(to Ernesto Q, who always calls me "old school".)
(originally appeared in AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS, November 1992 issue.) Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:03:00 GMT |
a typewriter won't ever let you down |
neither wordsor anything of the kind. just a start with tiny curtains swaying aside. (a five year old holding a shield. something about romans. diatribe about kids to follow bu... Posted by on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:31:00 GMT |