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Just Give Me a Reason Just A Little Bit’s Enough 17 Aug 2013 | 06:47 am
Dear Insane People Who Write: Why do you like being dangled by your feet from the twentieth floor of a down-on-its-heels Marriott in a bankrupt city? Why do you like the feeling of your eyes being pee...
Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered Am I 11 Aug 2013 | 02:01 pm
Went to a museum today, saw some paintings that could have been old friends. Went to a play and fell into a deep sleep. When I awoke a young man shouted something about jumping into the Danube, and th...
Got Two Reasons Why I Cry Awake Each Lonely Night 1 Aug 2013 | 07:54 am
August. The month of my birth. The month of Helter SKelter. The month Jerry died. Guess who’s elevating? August, the beloved curmudgeon, cursing out some feckless bank teller. Vivian, creative genius ...
Wild Geese That FLy With THe Moon on Their Wing 7 Jul 2013 | 05:42 pm
I didn’t know David Rakoff well, but that didn’t matter. Whenever I ran into him, always in the Village, he made me feel like a long lost friend. That was just one of his great gifts. And when we prom...
Untitled 2 Jul 2013 | 08:29 pm
CONGRATULATIONS TO STACY HORN ON HER PUBLICATION DATE SHE HAS GRACIOUSLY ANSWERED MY OBNOXIOUS QUESTIONS BELOW IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FOR BETSY’S BLOG FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE 1) Do singin...
And I’m Already Gone 23 Jun 2013 | 01:11 am
The results are in. Sheri Booker has spoken. The top three winners of the funeral contest are: FIRST: Sherrystanfastanley–I didn’t pick her because her name is Sherry but because I could only imagine...
And I’m Already Gone 23 Jun 2013 | 01:11 am
The results are in. Sheri Booker has spoken. The top three winners of the funeral contest are: FIRST: Sherrystanfastanley–I didn’t pick her because her name is Sherry but because I could only imagine...
I Love You Just the Way You Are 17 Jun 2013 | 02:29 am
I met Teri on Friday night here in New Haven. She was here for a writer’s conference and looked me up. She was here last year, too, and got in touch. But I successfully avoided her then. I couldn’t do...
I Love You Just the Way You Are 17 Jun 2013 | 02:29 am
I met Teri on Friday night here in New Haven. She was here for a writer’s conference and looked me up. She was here last year, too, and got in touch. But I successfully avoided her then. I couldn’t do...
I’m Trying To Beat Life Cause I Can’t Cheat Death 3 Jun 2013 | 10:45 pm
Dear Readers of this Blog: I couldn’t be happier than to congratulate Sheri Booker on the publication of her first book Nine Years Under (notice I am not saying “debut” because I think it’s pretentiou...
