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FFB: A JUDGMENT IN STONE, RUTH RENDELL - I think I have probably read all of Rendell and seldom been let down. And that is quite a lot of books. This may be her best (imho). "Eunice Parchman...
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No Man’s Land - My hairdresser urged me to review this book. His name is also Malcolm, just like one of the characters in Neil Broadfoot’s crime novel, No Man’s Land, set ...6 hours ago
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Skibo Castle - Starting in my teens, I've had a good many enjoyable trips to Scotland, so when I say that last week was very special and the most memorable of all tho...
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Mourning in America - Today is a day when the church laments. It laments of white privilege which, by the way, I’ve had more than a handful of “good, God-fearing church members”...1 day ago
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Q and A: Details as Doorways - Cathy and I are back from a book festival in Louisville, Kentucky. We were delighted to catch up with an old friend and to make a new one. During dinner ...2 days ago
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Back Spin by Harlan Coben: As Good as a Hole in One - by Scott D. Parker Somehow, I fell into a Harlan Coben trough. It’s not really a rabbit hole, but when I finished Back Spin on Thursday and noted it on...
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The Possible Impossible - *It All Felt Impossible—42 Years in 42 Essays* by Tom McAllister Rose Metal Press, 2025 reviewed by Seana Graham When a former student of his asked for...1 week ago
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Cubans Enraged by the Telecommunication Monopoly Etecsa’s ‘Tarifazo’ - 14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Generation Y, Havana, 3 June 2025 – Cuba hasn’t felt this much popular outrage since the economic shock at the beginning of 2021 t...2 weeks ago
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert roasted FWATX reading group on TV, and quoted me - Stephen Colbert, offering a prayer to the Good Book (FW). Last week, *The Late Show with Stephen Colbert* on CBS did a segment roasting the *Finnegans Wak...
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How to Become a Better Writer: 4 Ways to Deal With Criticism. - Dealing with difficult feedback about your writing isn’t fun, but it will make you a better writer.4 weeks ago
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Scheduling Announcement - I first posted to this blog on August 17, 2008. George W. Bush was president. The Sole Heir was a rising high school senior. The number one film at the ...1 month ago
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Review: FOX SPIRIT ON A DISTANT CLOUD - *FOX SPIRIT ON A DISTANT CLOUD by Lee Murray (The Cuba Press, 2024)* *Reviewed by Alyson Baker* *Wellington, 1923, and a sixty-year-old woman hangs hersel...
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Last Swim - Because of the timing of my travels this summer, today was my last Early Bird lap swim, peaceful, meditative, and smooth, with country music and Carole K...
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Six of My Favorite Experiences of 2023 - Natural Bridge, Virginia *Great, bright portal,* *shelf of rock,* *rocks fitted in long ledges*[...] *The world heaved—we are next to the sky* - H.D. ...
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The Last Hurrah - ‘Relax will you. It’s just an abandoned warehouse.’ ‘Well, it’s giving me the creeps.’ ‘We’ll just glance it over and skedaddle. Tomorrow you’ll be a fre...2 years ago
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Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat Marshall - Justice Thurgood Marshall’s widow, Cecilia Marshall, died this Tuesday. After her husband’s death in 1991, she continued to occasionally appear at the Co...2 years ago
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Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!2 years ago
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Book Review 2022-001 - Chevy in the Hole by Kelsey Ronan - Book Review 2022-001 Chevy in the Hole by Kelsey Ronan 309 pages (the galley), 2022 via Henry Holt (this copy was an ARC sent to me by Henry Holt) This deb...3 years ago
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Eight Basics of Successful Nonprofit Leadership - Leading a nonprofit is, in many ways, like leading any kind of business. Some of these I learned growing up watching my father run his small business. For ...3 years ago
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#104 / The Shared American Story - Ken Burns (pictured above) is an American filmmaker who is known for using archival footage and photographs in documentary films about American history....4 years ago
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Off with their heads! Why are Lewis Carroll misquotes so common online? - Following a recent similar Royal Mint slip-up, the Westminster Collection’s new 50p coins have sent Carroll experts down an internet rabbit hole to sourc...4 years ago
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Snatches of the Everlasting Gospel 3 - [image: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNcpxZh71l2jCbTs7-nYBJmgvJTJrPf4wq2oyZ_7AbYvqESjZ94wqaJOKAPexY3gBRlHz2aFVqubZU16pxnLZA5...
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THE LAMMISTERS: a bourbon-smooth riot, apparently - It’s been a busy end to 2019 for yours truly, folks, and we wind down tired but happy, with THE LAMMISTERS published – something I thought would never hap...
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Upcoming Events - Lit Crawl Belfast: As part of the Belfast Book Festival, come to No Alibis see me and Rosemary Jenkinson read from works by our favourite crime authors,...
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Shot at the Edgars - Peter Lovesey, named an MWA Grand Master at the 2018 Edgar Awards. Photo by Peter Rozovsky for Detectives Beyond Borders. © Peter Rozovsky 2018
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Six Days in Phoenix - On day one, Thursday, we marched to the Capitol, 75,000 strong. The legislature basically flipped us off, and adjourned until Monday. On day two we h...
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SCHEHERAZADE - [image: Image result for scheherazade] On Friday night the Prom was Scheherazade, live from the Albert Hall. I have listened to it three times since th...7 years ago
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What I Learned at the California Crime Writers Conference - It’s Monday morning in Culver City on a gorgeous Southern California day. From my hotel room window, I can see reflected in the mirrored building across ...
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New Year’s Discount - Happy New Year to all my readers! This year begins with two discounts for you: North Sea Cottage (the first mystery about Tora) is available for $ 0.99 onl...8 years ago
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A Barrel of Salt: Salzburg, Austria - Last summer I started this post talking about a saying my father handed down to me. “You can’t know a man until you’ve eaten a barrel of salt with him.” T...8 years ago
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"Voyage, Voyage" by Caroline Couderc at Germ Magazine - In accordance with my decision to post links to some short fiction here, here is a link to a story just up at Germ Magazine. Although they bill it as lite...8 years ago
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Guiding a First Generation to College - Students who are new to America or lack college-educated parents often don’t know their options.9 years ago
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Surprise invasion of Japanese punk - A strange bit of synchronicity occurred in my life this week, courtesy of Netflix. I have a two disk at a time plan with them. (Yes, that's right, I stil...
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Flanless in the kitchen, six p.m. - My walking buddy complains her flannel pajamas are no longer warm, cheery, or comforting on these very long nights of early winter.. The thrill is gone, a...
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Grazie & Arrivederci! - So that's the end of the Europa Challenge! Thanks to everyone for a great five years of reading and reviewing! I'll leave the blog up so folks can find you...9 years ago
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Meeting Points - Meeting points, in water, sky or paint; the places where blue turns red & runs into the sea; edge of a face that bends into shadow; shape that changes sh...
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Dahlia Lithwick on the mentally ill in jail - I'm reviving this somewhat moribund blog to post a link to an article by Slate's Dahlia Lithwick on a mentally ill man who died after four months in jail a...9 years ago
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Review of Reckless Lovely in the Los Angeles Review - A hearty shout-out to Maggie Trapp for her generous review of *Reckless Lovely*, which just went live at The Los Angeles Review blog.
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Beastly Murder: A Gossipy Post + Highsmith - The moral of the story, I guess, is that I should get out more often. Last summer, I attended a Portland edition of *Noir at the Bar*, hosted by local cri...
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I’m Not Here Anymore, But Maybe You’ll Follow Me to Somewhere New? - Thank you, everyone, for following me on 500 Words on Words! As you might have noticed, I haven’t been exactly cranking out the new posts here for quite so...10 years ago
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New Website! New Blog! 2 New Programs! - Striving always toward full integration of the logical - linear and analytical with the intuitive - creative and imaginative, I've united those parts in a ...10 years ago
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Sayulita - It's not October anymore. Something a bit more timely for the top o' the blog, okay? My most amazing friend, Raquel, swept me out of my daily routine ...
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It Lives! - It has been quite a while since I have updated this blog. Some things have changed over the last year, I changed jobs last October, after thirteen years ...
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION ~ OVER DELIGHT - UNDER CONSTRUCTION ~ OVER DELIGHT * AT THE BIJOU * ? Yes, that's right. From our newly refurbished red velvet reader seats . . . to showcasing AUTH...
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The Final Post: Understanding and Forgiveness for All - I began this blog a year ago with the aim of resolving the cognitive dissonance between my love of Wagner’s music with his reputation as a monster. I start...
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William Kentridge at Volte gallery - The South African artist William Kentridge is showing at Volte gallery in Colaba. Anybody in Bombay between now and March 20 should definitely put the ex...
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Worlds Collide Under Purple Skies - It's amazing to me how often my Japanese world collides with my American world. Two years ago, I happened to be on vacation in *New Orleans*. I was sitti...
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Assistant Editor On Board! - TFFO writer Tom Pitts is the new TFFO editorial assistant at Out of the Gutter Online! Click here to welcome him to the operation!
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Gay Male Poetry Post Identity Politics, Part Five - I am now posting the last of the presentations from my AWP panel on gay male poetry post politics. Like Aaron Smith, Brian Teare questions the idea and the...17 years ago
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