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May.21.2013
Michael Blake
Received a phone call yesterday from old Tucson buddy, Michael Blake. I’m always delighted to hear from Michael since a landline telephone is the only way he contacts me since he went off the grid two years ago. Michael still composes with pad and pen. Thought he might be calling to...
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May.15.2013
Listening to Neil Gaiman’s commencement address of last year caused me to reflect on my “career” and stimulated dormant creative urges. I placed career in quotes as like Neil, I did not develop a career path or attend college first. I was handed a press pass at seventeen, given a scholarship to a...
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May.08.2013
The current issue features Hollywood-themed poetry and essays by our esteemed cast of new and established authors, including "Dances With Wolves" author Michael Blake, extraordinary poet Martin Espada, screenwriters Adam Rodman and David Milton, and a special lyrics package from Stevie Salas and,...
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Apr.21.2013
Hummingbird Review (HBR) Editor Bob Yehling caught up with former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins (BC) in San Diego last month before Collin’s presentation at Dean Nelson’s “Symposium By The Sea,” Point Loma Nazarene University. Here’s an interesting excerpt talking about titles for poems:
HBR: A...
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Apr.18.2013
The Hummingbird Review Spring 2013 issue is now live on Amazon.
The current issue features Hollywood-themed poetry and essays by our esteemed cast of new and established authors, including Dances With Wolves author Michael Blake, extraordinary poet Martin Espada, screenwriters Adam Rodman and David...
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Mar.16.2013
We are a big step closer to launch of The Hummingbird Review spring 2013 issue with completed layout of all items in correct order. Off to book designer on Monday. This issue features a Hollywood theme and a much desired conversation with poet Billy Collins. Thanks to editor, Robert Yehling and...
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Feb.01.2013
The Amazon Review Police strike down my review.
My friend Tom Ong received the note below from Amazon after I published, may I say, an exuberant review of his newest thriller. I purchased the book from Amazon, read it, and expressed my true feelings. Can Amazon decide what is an unworthy review?...
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Jan.12.2013
Call for submissions. The Hummingbird Review is looking for: 1) Essays that demonstrate the relationship between the literary arts and Hollywood, either through movies that refer to literature (Dead Poets Society, Love Song for Bobby Long, Shakespeare In Love, etc.) or treatments of classic novels...
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Dec.17.2012
My Love for Tucson
This I believe.
There are places on this earth that resonate beyond the five senses. For me, here in the lower forty-eight, I discovered one in Abiquiu, New Mexico, at Ghost Ranch, near Sante Fe where Georgia O’Keeffe waved her magic brush. The second is...
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Dec.05.2012
Before finishing a novel concerning terrorists travelling through Mexico to cause mayhem in America, I explored a route that they might take. Here’s the excursion:
We depart Tucson in a van at dawn—six tourists plus our Spanish-speaking, Norte Americano driver-guide and me, the...
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