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Posted by jonfrankel on Oct 13, 2016 in Blogh | 0 comments

Nobel Prize!

When I heard Bob Dylan’s name on the news this morning I briefly thought he had died. What a relief and surprise and joy to learn that he had won the Nobel Prize...

Posted by jonfrankel on Oct 6, 2016 in Blogh | 0 comments

36 TRANSITIONS OPENS FRIDAY OCTOBER 7TH

Hello, everyone. If you are in Ithaca tomorrow (Friday, October 7th), please come to the Ink Shop for the opening reception of 36 TRANSITIONS, a collaborative,...

Posted by jonfrankel on Sep 12, 2016 in Blogh, Food | 1 comment

A Dinner in Pictures

One of my favorites: fish baked with tomatoes, garlic, thyme and white wine. Cod is the fish, and I added diced red pepper and onion because at this time of year they...

Posted by jonfrankel on Sep 1, 2016 in Blogh | 3 comments

CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT

Loving Orson Welles is a is a compulsion. He is singular, like Bob Dylan, and a wreck, like Marlon Brando. Unlike Brando he didn’t turn against his vocation, or...

Posted by jonfrankel on Aug 25, 2016 in Blogh, Food | 1 comment

Dal

Trying to eat simply is a good idea, but time is of the essence. How much time will I spend on cooking? The slow food movement, which I endorse, despite the fact that...

Posted by jonfrankel on Aug 24, 2016 in Blogh, Food | 1 comment

IT WILL BE CORN

I haven’t written anything here in a long time. I have no idea how that happened, maybe nothing to say? It is a long standing principle of mine that as a writer I...

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About Jon Frankel

Jon Frankel is a poet and novelist, the author of Gaha: Babes of the Abyss, (Whiskey Tit Press, 2014) and, writing as Buzz Callaway, Specimen Tank (Manic D. Press, 1993). Other unpublished novels include several versions of Endangered Species, a contemporary novel set in NYC in the 80’s, The Last Bender, and The Man Who Can’t Die, a sci fi noir set in the same world as GAHA: Babes of the Abyss. All are published in part or in full on this web site. You'll also find reviews and personal essays about food, art and culture. Frankel lives in upstate New York with his family and works as a library supervisor.