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Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 9, 2018 in Marianne Hauser, Poetry | 2 comments

ICU

ICU A place lit by glacial dynamite A palace built of tears. The glass weeps rain And the walls are full of sorrow. A castle-derelict of undone duty The exasperating...

Posted by jonfrankel on Feb 7, 2018 in Fiction, Novels and Novelists | 1 comment

A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER

I just finished two books, The Social Origins of Language, a book of essays responding to the work of Robert M. Seyfarth and Dorothy L. Cheney, edited and introduced by...

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 Oct 27, 2016 in Fiction, Novels and Novelists | 0 comments

TWO GREAT BOOKS

I’ve read two great books recently. They are God’s Middle Finger by Richard Grant, and the other is The Warren, By Brian Evenson. Reviews follow (the...

Posted by jonfrankel on Sep 15, 2016 in Fiction, Sci Fi Noir, The Man Who Can't Die | 1 comment

THE MAN WHO CAN’T DIE

THE MAN WHO CAN’T DIE is now available from Whiskey Tit Press and on Amazon. I started this book in 2003 and finished it in...

Posted by jonfrankel on Mar 17, 2016 in Fiction | 0 comments

ISABEL BOLTON: 3 NOVELS OF NEW YORK

NEW YORK MOSAIC THREE NOVELS BY ISABEL BOLTON DO I WAKE OR DO I SLEEP (1946) THE CHRISTMAS TREE (1949) MANY MANSION (1952) Steerforth Press, South Royalton, Vermont,...

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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 Other unpublished novels include several versions of Endangered Species, a contemporary novel set in NYC in the 80’s, The Last Bender, and The Man Who Can’t Die, a sci fi noir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.