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Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 27, 2020 in Fiction, Poetry | 0 comments

CROWDS

How easily their hands went in the air In the town we thought they were waving At first a few rolled to the sand Like beach bathers stunned in the waves Recumbent they...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 27, 2020 in Fiction, ISLE OF DOGS, Sci Fi Noir | 0 comments

work in progress

A jagged, liver-colored scar cleaved Yrmelaâ€™s cheek from her ear to the corner of her mouth. It was the worst of the scars and Sybil Cane was saving it up for...

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 areÂ God’s Middle Finger by Richard Grant, and the other isÂ The Warren, By Brian Evenson. Reviews follow (the...

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This website is dedicated to my poetry and fiction. The novels, The Man Who Can't Die, GAHA: Babes of the Abyss and The Isle of Dogs are published by Whiskey Tit Press. Writing as Buzz Callaway, I'm the author of Specimen Tank and The Last Bender. Specimen Tank is published by Manic D Press. The Last Bender is published on this website. Currently I'm working on The Vietnam Project, a travel memoir about Vietnam and its long history. I also write book reviews and personal essays about food, art and culture. I live in upstate New York with my family and am a retired stacks manager.