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Jul.22.2011
To me, that is! Yippee ki yi yay!! I am 51 years new today!
Thanks to all my amazing friends who are sending me e-wishes even as I post this. What a wonderful morning it is over here, gang. I will post more in detail over the weekend. But for now, my delightful muse, Valerie, sent over these...
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Jun.16.2010
The only thing I didn't love about Diamond Ruby by Joseph Wallace was finishing it, because then it was over and I had to leave her world. Lucky you, you can still look forward to it.
If you want the perfect book to read while you lie in your hammock this summer, even if it's only the summer...
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Mar.10.2010
Every Saturday of my childhood—at least that’s how it seemed--my parents and sister and I paid our familial dues by visiting my grandparents in their home a few miles away from Coney Island, the Brooklyn landmark. In nice weather I would spend hours on their rooftop watching the enormous Wonder...
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Dec.07.2009
I STEAL A MATCHBOOK FROM MARILYN MONROE/PART ONE/THE HORNY AND THE DEAD
It's 1961 and Brooklyn isn't cool yet. It's still a tributary, sending stenographers and piece workers across the bridge to mother Manhattan. Where colorful locals "tawk like dis" and mourn their departed Dodgers...
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Oct.23.2009
I MEET THE FIXER.
It's 1960. The US is beginning its longest period of economic expansion in history. But as business booms disillusion gnaws at the national psyche.
The Russians shoot down the U2, an American spy plane. President Eisenhower disavows its mission, then backs off and becomes the...
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Aug.27.2009
To introduce the next of my Palestinian crime novels, THE FOURTH ASSASSIN, my friend videographer David Blumenfeld filmed in New York (where the book takes place). His montages are mainly from Brooklyn's Bay Ridge and Coney Island sections. He then recorded me, looking sweaty and frankly a bit...
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May.20.2009
Dick Zigun is the owner of the Coney Island Sidesow, and “unelected Mayor of Coney Island”. Dick has been the Spokesman for Coney Island Amusement Park since 1980. Since day one, he has been a champion for the Coney Island cause in this era of Development, and has been instrumental in making...
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