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Dawn Powell on Coby Gilman

Dawn Powell on Coby Gilman

Posted by jonfrankel on Mar 9, 2015 in Blogh, Fiction, Novels and Novelists | 0 comments

From Dawn Powell’s diaries, two Coby Gilman anecdotes: â€˜Sept. 29, 1938: Coby spent the evening at...

TWO ROASTS

Posted by jonfrankel on Mar 2, 2015 in Blogh, Food | 1 comment

TWO ROASTS Autumn Harvest Farm, one of my favorite local businesses (and Sarah is one of my favorite...

SUNDAY FLAG

Posted by jonfrankel on Feb 20, 2015 in Poetry | 1 comment

SUNDAY FLAG A Sunday Flag at Half-Mast A Sunday flag at half-mast The red...

A CURMUDGEON’S DINNER

A CURMUDGEON’S DINNER

Posted by jonfrankel on Feb 16, 2015 in Blogh, Food | 2 comments

The family were away in the city this weekend leaving me alone with two dogs and Antarctic weather....

WAITER

Posted by jonfrankel on Feb 11, 2015 in Blogh | 9 comments

WAITER My first job was at Dunkinâ€™ Donuts in High School. I worked the graveyard shift. It was the kind of...

GAHA: Tompkins Weekly REVIEW

GAHA: Tompkins Weekly REVIEW

Posted by jonfrankel on Feb 10, 2015 in Blogh, GAHA: Babes of the Abyss, Sci Fi Noir | 1 comment

Franklin Crawford reviews GAHA: BABES OF THE ABYSS in the Tompkins Weekly,...

MARIANNE HAUSER: THE TALKING ROOM

MARIANNE HAUSER: THE TALKING ROOM

Posted by jonfrankel on Feb 3, 2015 in Blogh, Fiction, Novels and Novelists | 0 comments

THE TALKING ROOM By Marianne Hauser FC2, 1976 UPDATE: Since writing this review I’ve started a...

READING SPENSER

READING SPENSER

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 28, 2015 in Blogh, other poets, Poetry | 0 comments

Reading Spenser, Master of Mutabilitie In that same Gardin all the goodly flowres, Wherewith dame Nature...

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THE MAN WHO CAN'T DIE

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GAHA: BABES OF THE ABYSS

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SPECIMEN TANK

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About Jon Frankel

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.