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Strange Parallels

Strange Parallels

Posted by jonfrankel on Jun 29, 2010 in Books, The Vietnam Project | 0 comments

Â Volume 2 of Victor Liebermanâ€™s Strange Parallels, Southeast Asia in Global Context, Circa 800-1830 is...

HHH

Posted by jonfrankel on Jun 25, 2010 in Books, The Vietnam Project | 0 comments

Â Hubert Humphrey A Biography By Carl Solberg 1984, Norton & Norton, New York Borealis Books edition,...

Naked Civil Servants

Naked Civil Servants

Posted by jonfrankel on Jun 8, 2010 in Blogh | 0 comments

My old friend Al Giordano at The Field has written a provokative and moving piece about Penny Arcade, the...

Aztlan or Bust

Posted by jonfrankel on May 7, 2010 in Blogh | 8 comments

Looking Like Arizona Yesterday, as i walked home from work, I overheard a comment made by one student to...

Michael Vickery on The Evolution of the Cambodian State

Michael Vickery on The Evolution of the Cambodian State

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 18, 2010 in Books, The Vietnam Project | 7 comments

SOCIETY, ECONOMICS, AND POLITICS IN PRE-ANGKOR CAMBODIA THE 7TH-8TH CENTURIES BY MICHAEL VICKERY The Centre...

1982 Janine

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 14, 2010 in Blogh, Fiction, Novels and Novelists | 0 comments

1982 Janine “I groaned and said, ‘Forget politics Sontag, and let us get back to sex. You are...

Equinox

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 13, 2010 in Poetry | 0 comments

Equinox the menarche of the dark is upon the edge among the trees who hold their leaves up to the light and...

Last Night

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 12, 2010 in Poetry | 0 comments

Â Last Night Last night The park was full of bodies I saw a face But it was a...

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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.