Tag: Literary Kicks
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AL Letson, Penumbra: Live at Henrietta’s at 9th & Main, Jacksonville, FL (2005)
Al Letson is a poet, playwright, performer, and radio and podcast host. This article first appeared on Bill Ectric’s Place in June 2005. Since that time, Letson has hosted and produced the show State of the Re:Union for National Public Radio. He now hosts Reveal, a podcast from PRX and Center for Investigative Reporting. Top…
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Rod Serling Revisited
An article I wrote for Literary Kicks a few years ago: It’s common among “Beat Generation” aficionados to scorn the popular media version of the Beats, especially the term “beatnik”, and the stereotypical goatee-sporting hipster. But to a youngster growing up in a small town, like me, sensing there was more out there than what…
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Interview With Steve Aylett
This interview first appeared on Literary Kicks, May 26, 2006 Postmodern novelist Steve Aylett was born in 1967 in the Bromley Borough of London, England. His first book, The Crime Studio, was published in 1994, and his later works include Bigot Hall, Slaughtermatic and his most recent tour de force, Lint. Aylett’s work has been…
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Notes on Notes on Poe
From Literary Kicks, here’s a fascinating article written by Michelle Glauser about notes found in a book about Edgar Allan Poe. Glauser begins: Have you ever found something in an old book that took you by surprise? It’s not unusual to find a name or maybe even a phone number. Sometimes you’ll find evidence that…
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The Persistence of J. G. Ballard
I was perusing the archives on one my favorite blogs, Literary Kicks, and found this article about J. G. Ballard from 2002. It caught my attention when I read that, “Among his influences Ballard counts such artists as Dali, Magritte, and Ernst, and he considers William Burroughs to be one of the most important authors of the last…
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Remembering Madeleine L’Engle
This article of mine first appeared on Literary Kicks on September 13, 2007: I was approximately ten years old the first time I read Madeleine L’Engle, the award-winning author of over sixty books, including A Wrinkle In Time, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and A Wind In the Door, who died on September 6, 2007 in Goshen, Connecticut. I’ll…
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Thomas Pynchon!
I’m a big fan of Thomas Pynchon. Levi Asher, at Literary Kicks, isn’t so sure, but it sounds like he’s willing to give Pynchon’s new book a try. Personally, I can’t wait to read it! Levi says, “All my friends and literary comrades and people I respect love Thomas Pynchon. I guess they find his…
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Close Encounters with Ray Bradbury
Collage by Bill Ectric. That’s Bradley Mason Hamlin with Ray Bradbury in the lower right corner. Collage by Bill Ectric.