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May.06.2013

"Reckoning", a poem, Wrighter Monthly Review, May 2013

Michael's Latest Blogs

May.13.2013 - 7:03 am
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  My fourth ex-wife maintains blogs that document contemporaneous moments in her life. Reviewing her previous posts, I come to a period when, as she did in one of her books,...
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Jan.20.2013 - 9:24 am
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    Even though children were murdered at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, the total lack of any journalistic standards in the American news media...
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Dec.27.2012 - 12:47 pm
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  There was a time when the New Year celebration was only about calendars. As the clock approached midnight—there was no dropping ball in those days—you had the irresistible...
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Oct.26.2012 - 7:21 am
The Estrangement Of The Rain God, 2nd edition
  When I was a kid, going broke was caused by bad luck, bad choices, or bad habits. Now days, it happens by good luck, good choices, and good habits. I know because it...
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Comments from Michael

Jul.12.2008 - 11:47 am
In response to: Yeh, We Are Stupid, Rick Shenkman
You are correct. The electorate does not seem to choose, it appears to merely select. Mr. Shenkman, however, chose...
Jun.22.2008 - 10:28 am
In response to: The Fiction Author's Platform
In speaking of a writer's platform (see my blog post In Medias Ray), it is worth remembering that the word platform...

Published Reviews

The Estrangement Of The Rain God, 2nd edition
Jun.01.2012
Published by Righter Monthly Review, June 2012
The Estrangement of the Rain God chronicles the life of Jordan Fell beginning with the collapse of his marriage. His ordeal continues through a bout of alcoholism. It is a song...