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Larry Rochelle's latest book, CRAZY LIL' MEDIA, was just published. Get it at LuLu.com.Poet and mystery writer Larry Rochelle has lived in Kansas since 1978 with brief stops in Missouri and Texas in between. He earned degrees from Toledo, Dayton, and Baker College. Along the way he taught high school for 13 years and college English for 29, mostly at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS.He is now semi-retired and living in North Carolina with his wife Ruth. They have four grown children: Nick, Doug, Dave and Heather. His last book of Kansas poetry, Arrow, written during 2006-2007, was published in April 2007.He is writing a new Palmer Morel mystery, Murder on 15/501, and finished a poetry book full of North Carolina images called BURNT COFFEE, which became available in Spring 2008. Judge’s statement for HOME SCHOOLED, Winner of the KANSAS POETRY BOOK AWARD 2007 :The strongest impressions through Larry Rochelle’s Home Schooled are those of a writer connected to place. That awareness of being from a place, that sense of connectedness navigates through a landscape of hardware stores, tornados, or an old Kansas where sharks died near Salina.His observations are not Emerson’s floating “dissociated eyeballs” but an invitation to shared insight and to vistas cleared of distractions. Here can be found the whispering of people loved, hated or merely being witness to pancake syrup dripping off/ the edge of a platter.Impressions of experience remain like footprints in cement, or evoke smothered passions and resentments. Tales of families are found as in “Off Old Osawatomie Road,” where father and son contend within the breath of alcohol-impaired lives.Rochelle is a writer who delights in words and commands the vocabulary to construct concrete, tactile images, and to transform words and details into specificity: a scud of puffballs; or purple thistles/ rock gently spilling seeds into culverts. Metaphors can be found as well, such as in “Gestation” with its second stanza: your motives transparent, what/ did you expect, some/ twirling universe/ topped with morning glories? And that double entendre can be seen blooming inside those ‘morning glories.’Words well done and delivered! 2007 Judge: David Leo Tangeman

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Mark Lane, John Dean, The Eagles, Roseanne Cash, Tanya Tucker, Willie Nelson, Suzy Bogguss, Kenny G, Dave Brubeck, Keb Mo, Aaron Neville

My Blog

BURNT COFFEE PRESS RELEASE

BURNT COFFEE PRESS RELEASE Larry Rochelle, former Defiance resident/teacher, won an EPPIE for his poetry book, BURNT COFFEE, on Saturday, March 7th, at the EPIC CONFERENCE in Las Vegas.Mr. Rochelle te...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:21:00 GMT

CRAZY LIL' MEDIA--2001 MEMOIR

NEW KC BOOKCRAZY LIL' MEDIA by former Kansas City author Larry RochelleBuy it at LuLu.com.Kansas City has many media outlets, but Larry Rochelle chose KCPT public television and The Pitch alternative ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:30:00 GMT

BURNT COFFEE IS A FINALIST!

EPIC announced today that I am a finalist in the 2009 EPPIE AWARDS. Here's the note: Congratulations, Larry Rochelle!   Your entry, Burnt Coffee, is a finalist in Category 26 - Poetry in EPIC's 2...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:34:00 GMT

Still Feeling Dirty

The massive law-breaking of the Bush years still covers me like the particles from 9/11 drifting down from the sky. The lies they used to get us into war. The use of torture on all war prisoners. The ...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:33:00 GMT

Nelson Poetry Book Award

2007 Nelson Poetry Book Award: Larry Rochelle, District 2, Pittsboro, N.C.Home Schooled Poet and mystery writer Larry Rochelle has lived in Kansas since 1978 with brief stops in Missouri and Texas in ...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:24:00 GMT

Watch 9/11 film today.

Blogs by Larry RochelleSee What Really Happened on 9/119/11/2008 12:53:50 AMIf you really want to honor the memory of 9/11 victims, then find out what really happened that day. You can see the 9/11 My...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:18:00 GMT

Meriwether Lewis Killed!

TENNESSEE TRACE MYSTERY Tracetracks Larry RochelleZumaya Publications (2002) Amazon.com $12.99ISBN 1894869141Reviewed by Susan Pettrone for Reader Views (10/2006) "Tracetracks" is a book with its key...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:16:00 GMT

Larry Rochelles BURNT COFFEE Reviewed

Burnt Coffee Larry Rochelle, Fearrington Village AuthorBookSurge Publishing (2007)ISBN 9781419681325Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (6/08)Larry Rochelle's "Burnt Coffee" (set in Chapel Hill)...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:38:00 GMT

Bush Lies

When Would Bush Be Tried for MURDER 6/6/2008When does Vincent Bugliosi think Bush should be tried for murder? He would be charged immediately after he is out of office. What would the charges be? He w...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Rochelle Reads at McIntyres Fine Books

Thursday May 15   7 p.m. McIntyre's Author Event: Larry RochelleJoin us for a Mystery Author Event with Fearrington Village author Larry Rochelle. Larry Rochelle's mystery, Cracked Crysta...
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 10:51:00 GMT