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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 Nov 10, 2015 in Fiction, Marianne Hauser, Novels and Novelists | 0 comments

MARI SANDOZ & OLD JULES

OLD JULES By Mari Sandoz (1896-1966) “Spring came to the range country with the swiftness of the swallows. In the morning snowdrifts lay deep along the wagon trails. In...

Posted by jonfrankel on Oct 23, 2015 in Fiction, Novels and Novelists | 0 comments

BODY

BODY By Harry Crews Body proves a few elemental points about the art of fiction: it doesn’t matter if you care a bit about what the story is ‘about’,...

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 Other unpublished novels include several versions of Endangered Species, a contemporary novel set in NYC in the 80’s, The Last Bender, and The Man Who Can’t Die, a sci fi noir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