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I Don’t Like the Beatles, Either

I Don’t Like the Beatles, Either

Posted by jonfrankel on Sep 10, 2009 in Blogh | 0 comments

OK, this will be short, and it is inspired by my daily dull scrolling through Google news, which yielded up...

The Last Bender, Chapter 52

The Last Bender, Chapter 52

Posted by jonfrankel on Sep 9, 2009 in Fiction, The Last Bender | 0 comments

CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â “How’s Linda?â€ I asked. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ...

The Manatees

Posted by jonfrankel on Sep 8, 2009 in Blogh | 9 comments

A friend wonders how I can show people works in progress. He would find it paralyzing. And of course the...

Inane Dogma

Posted by jonfrankel on Sep 3, 2009 in Blogh | 0 comments

Here are some sentences from the beginning of an essay by Philip Lamantia, reprinted in Surrealist...

Isola di Rifiuti: John Latta’s Blog

Isola di Rifiuti: John Latta’s Blog

Posted by jonfrankel on Sep 3, 2009 in Blogh, other poets, Poetry | 0 comments

By way of Henry Gould I’ve been reading poet John Latta’s blog:...

The Last Bender, Chapter 51

The Last Bender, Chapter 51

Posted by jonfrankel on Sep 2, 2009 in Fiction, The Last Bender | 0 comments

CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â That night, when a commotion in the halls woke me up, I thought, almost...

â€œMerde, je ne veux pas vivre!â€

â€œMerde, je ne veux pas vivre!â€

Posted by jonfrankel on Aug 31, 2009 in other poets | 3 comments

Le Ventre de Ma Mere: Blaise Cendrars Â My Motherâ€™s Belly Â It was my first residence It was quite round...

The Pornographer

The Pornographer

Posted by jonfrankel on Aug 31, 2009 in Blogh | 0 comments

In the end, I have to admit, I write pornographic novels. It is a control issue. The harder I work at the...

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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.