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Corinna

About Me



Novelist, journalist, sometimes poet.

Writers need to come up for air every once in a while and, failing a trip to Bora Bora, MySpace is a pretty good option. From the vast cornucopia in cyberspace, it's a treat to have my friends’ tunes come down dancing on my desktop.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 13/04/2007
Band Website: www.corinnaclendenen.com
Band Members: Corinna and her muses
Influences: Edith Wharton, Tim O'Brien, Beryl Markham, Vladamir Nabokov, William Trevor, Bob Dylan, Harper Lee, Mark Haddon, Zach Helm, Federico Fellini, J.D. Salinger, The Grateful Dead, Tom Perrotta, Sue Miller, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James, Ricki Lee Jones, Anne Lamott, Julian Barnes, Ada Louise Huxtable, Paul Gauguin, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
Record Label: Xlibris, Boston Mag, San Diego Tribune, ART NewEng
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Defying Gravity

Defying Gravity     I never guessed Id find a mentor in someone who spends his time jumping off platforms into space.      Not only do I admire this ability, I aspire to it, although the skill and co...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:16:00 GMT

Across The Great Divide

The United States& or are they? A current sampling of views from around the country offers a range of perspectives as broad and pointed as the Rockies: shotgun sales and animal rights, condoms from sc...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:17:00 GMT

Faded Paper Figures debut album Dynamo blasts beyond the edge

Following a drum roll heard by MySpace fans around the world, release of the long-awaited album by Faded Paper Figures is imminent. My impressions from a bootleg advance copy of Dynamo? It is just th...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:32:00 GMT

The Genie of Baghdad: a Modern Fable

Once upon a time in a fair kingdom there was a blight upon the land. The sick and injured languished for lack of health care, education faltered because it was too expensive, and oldie folk...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:45:00 GMT

The Poetry of Anthony Kiedis: Mirror of America

  The Poetry of Anthony Kiedis: Mirror of America *Opening and closing of a longer article*          Anthon y Kiedis promiscuous punk rocker and suic...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:56:00 GMT

Remembering 9/11

Why Visit Ground Zero? Published September 26, 2001 Shoreline Times by Corinna Clendenen       Since the attack of September 11, I've been drawn to lower Manhattan to see the...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:01:00 GMT

Ode to Red Hot Chili Peppers

Homage to By The Way by Corinna Clendenen Counting my coins to buy the news today And there's a song on, chili red Don't you know you're always gonna be there In my head& Punk rock ~ Sound bite ~ Lip...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:26:00 GMT

For all the artists out there, poets and painters alike

Here's an essay that captures the inspiration for my novel, An Artful Affair. A Small Fish Tale     My cousin Nathan is an artist. He paints remarkable paintings unlike any I have...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:46:00 GMT