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Posted by jonfrankel on Mar 14, 2020 in Blogh | 4 comments

a fugue on the current crisis

The traffic in Saigon is a marvel of balletic brinksmanship as 8 million motor bikes behave like schools of fish, swarming over its streets and traffic circles. This is...

Posted by jonfrankel on Aug 8, 2019 in Blogh, Poetry | 4 comments

FOR JOHN M.

Death Bed for John M My friend, an old ma Becomes a baby Swaddled in a sheet Pale hairless belly ballooning Blind hands pulling the air Stub of his penis pierced With a...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jul 20, 2019 in Blogh, other poets, Poetry | 3 comments

Peggy Billings

Peggy Billings, poet, activist, friend, in her own words, from the afterword to her second book of poems, Red Rooster Crowing. Peggy died yesterday. She was 90. A dear...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jul 20, 2018 in Blogh, Food | 5 comments

STEWED VENISON NECK

RED COOKED VENISON NECK A friend gave me assorted cuts of venison a few months ago. There were steaks and tenderloin, which I cook like the best beef: no marinade, salt...

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 13, 2017 in Blogh | 20 comments

ADOPTED

NOTE: Since writing this jocular piece, which intentionally makes light of the whole identity business, I have learned a few things. One, I am 100% European, 80%...

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 1, 2017 in Blogh, Fiction, Novels and Novelists | 4 comments

THE CONFIDENCE MAN

I have been on medical leave for three months. I had three tears in my rotator cuff repaired and biceps reattached. Minor surgery with a major recovery. That’s...

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Jon Frankel is a poet and novelist, the author of Gaha: Babes of the Abyss, (Whiskey Tit Press, 2014), and The Man Who Can't Die (Whiskey Tit Press, 2016), and writing as Buzz Callaway, Specimen Tank (Manic D. Press, 1993). Forth coming is Isle of Dogs, a prequel to GAHA: Babes of the Abyss, to be published by Whiskey Tit Press in four parts. Jon's poetry is published exclusively on this website. You'll also find reviews and personal essays about food and culture. Jon Frankel lives in upstate New York with his family and is retired after 27 years of working at Cornell University Library as a book mover and stacks manager.