Charles Redner | Charles Redner
Nov.30.2012
Excerpt from my publisher’s statement, The Hummingbird Review, Vol. 1, No. 1
I saw him as soon as he stepped off the elevator heading in my direction, a man who possessed a remarkable likeness to Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, even without the cigar and specs. And, I suspect, that few...
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Oct.18.2012
Alone with me in the basement of a New Jersey
motor lodge, a presidential candidate who
vigorously campaigned against the Vietnam War
took off his suit coat. Two secret service agents
remained stationed at the top of the stairs.
He unbuttoned and removed his shirt, unbuckled
his belt, stripped to...
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Oct.10.2012
For Taylor Mali in the land of Gandhi
World Peace Interrupted
Imagine a poem that pursues world peace.
Thanksgiving dinner sans arguments.
A school playground without a scuffle.
Civility returns to the U.S. Congress.
Imagine a poem that elevates world peace.
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Sep.03.2012
Professor Noam Chomsky explains why Russia and China block the U.S. efforts to assist in Syria, Do you know why? See the latest issue of The Hummingbird Review. Enjoy some poetry too.The Hummingbird Review. http://www.amazon.com/Hummingbird-Review-III-No-1/dp/098555830X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=...
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Jan.21.2012
THE POETS LAUREATE SERIES – Robert Penn Warren
We call them, Poet Laureate. This is their histories, in brief. We name, date their appointment, tell a few pertinent details, and share a sample of their work.
#3 1944 – 1945 and 1986 – 1987
Robert Penn Warren (1905 – 1989)...
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Oct.11.2011
Terrorist connect with Mexican cartels so they can assassinate innocents on American soil. What a "novel" idea. Today’s headline is also the synopsis of my new novel: "Terror Travels the Devil’s Highway." I have feared that life might imitate art—all the time (2000-2006) that I lived in Tucson...
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Oct.11.2011
"Oh yeah!"
“Robert and Bradley are coming over the house today,” she writes. My cousin, Jamie, now seems to be on a first name basis with De Niro and Cooper as they shoot a scene from, “Silver Linings Playbook” at her Philadelphia suburban home.”
“Why not ‘Bobby’ and ‘Brad,’” I ask?
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Oct.07.2011
Do you like a novel that is character or plot driven or both? Like a story with a surprise (no shocking) ending? Then get a copy of the book that is the basis for the screenplay (David O. Russell) that Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro is filming in my cousin’s house (in part)—"The Silver Linings...
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Mar.21.2011
The second Hummingbird Review Poetry Revue, co-featuring 13 poets, essayists and authors who contributed to the new issue of The Hummingbird Review took place yesterday 3/20 at the Vista, CA Library. A good time had by all and where better to be on a rainy Sunday--a wow afternoon.
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Jul.26.2010
If you arrived here via AOL News, then you’ve probably read my opinion piece about my interest in the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and the unintentional negative effect on employers who engage disabled workers.. During research for my book, Down But Never Out, I spent three years amongst...
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