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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...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 25, 2017 in Blogh | 0 comments

Mary Tyler Moore

Few artists transform a medium and deliver pure pleasure their audience. I can’t begin to recount the hours and hours of delight I had watching both of her shows,...

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...

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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.