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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
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Silent Interviews
Invisible People
The Relocation Blues
Adriana’s Family
The Woman Who Fell Backwards and Other Stories
Apocalypse Bluff and Other Stories
The Senescent Nomad Hits the Road
Invasive Procedures: Stories
Heroes and Other Illusions: Stories
Bedlam Battle: An Omnibus of the One Thousand Series
After the Fireflood
Caliban’s Children
The Fantasy Book Murders
Opting Out and Other Departures
Sunflower: A Novel
America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad
Fear or Be Feared: Fantasies
Writing as a Metaphysical Experience
Reviews and Reflections on Books, Literature, and Writing
The One Thousand: A Novella
The One Thousand: Book Two: Team of Seven
The One Thousand: Book Three: Black Magic Bus
The One Thousand: Book Four: Deconstructing the Nightmare
After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
Love Children: A Novel
Painsharing and Other Stories
The Dragon Ticket and Other Stories
Tag Archives: Henry Miller
Thoughts on Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller
Recently I started to read a science fiction novel written back in the seventies. This was an acclaimed novel that had even won awards, and yet somehow I had never got around to it. I thought it would be a … Continue reading
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Tagged Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Writing
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Book Review: The Rings of Saturn by W. G. Sebald
This work is presented as a novel, but it is not really a novel in the conventional sense. The plot is very thin. The narrator takes a walking tour of Suffolk, a county in eastern England. He describes what he … Continue reading
On Rereading Nexus by Henry Miller
Acquiring and reading Nexus came about through a visit to a small used book store I hadn’t been to in years. It’s had the same owner for decades, and I used to frequent it and stock up on books when … Continue reading
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Tagged Henry Miller, traveling, Tropic of Cancer, writer's voice, Writing
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Book Review: The Typewriter Is Holy: The Complete Uncensored History of the Beat Generation by Bill Morgan
I have to confess to limited exposure to the group of writers that Bill Morgan refers to in this book as the Beat Generation. Whenever I heard the term, I always supposed that it depicted a national or international movement … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Beat Generation, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, On The Road, William Burroughs
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The Literary Pilgrimage
Most people, when they take off on holiday, look for warm beaches with clear waters for swimming, or cool forests for picnics and hiking, or foreign cities with unique sights. Alternatively, they crave raucous amusement parks or luxury cruises or … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, On Writing, Travel
Tagged Big Sur, California, Glen Ellen, Henry Miller, Jack London, John Steinbeck, Lincoln City, road trip, travel
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Book Review: Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
I approach the novels of Thomas Pynchon with trepidation, knowing that I’m only going to comprehend and appreciate a portion of their mysteries and treasures. I think the most accessible for me was Inherent Vice. I was drawn to Vineland, … Continue reading
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Tagged Back to the Future, Cheech and Chong, eighties, Henry Miller, hippies, Inherent Vice, Quentin Tarantino, sixties, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland
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Book Review: Henry Miller: A Seeker in Big Sur by Arthur Hoyle
I have to make something clear from the outset: I don’t read Henry Miller’s works very often anymore. However, when I was young, his writings were influential in propelling me out onto the road to find my own voice as … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Sur, censorship, Henry Miller, Rosy Crucifixion, self-publishing
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Book Review: Report to Greco by Nikos Kazantzakis
I don’t know how many people remember Nikos Kazantzakis nowadays. He’s known mainly for two novels that became acclaimed and controversial movies: Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ. When I was a young man obsessed with becoming … Continue reading
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Tagged Greece, Henry Miller, Nikos Kazantzakis, Report to Greco, The Last Temptation of Christ, travel, Zorba the Greek
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Book Review: Happiest Man Alive: A Biography of Henry Miller by Mary V. Dearborn
Although Henry Miller is notorious for the explicit sex in his novels, I was drawn to his work because of his literary exuberance, the celebration of his life despite his poverty and hard circumstances, and his use of his own … Continue reading
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Tagged Birdman, book review, Happiest Man Alive, Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi, Tropic of Cancer, Writing
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On Book Addiction, Time Magazine, and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
I am addicted to books the way some people are addicted to cigarettes. As soon as I finish one, I start the next – like lighting up a new cigarette off the smoldering butt of the last one. To be … Continue reading