The Mystery Spot

The time change usually has an adverse effect on my son. So far so good today. He was in his room and I asked what he was up to. I believe h...

Nothing really knocked me on my ass this year. King's return was noteworthy and long overdue. Conroy's book was a major disappointme...

I read my first Stephen King book back in 1983. It was Christine and I was instantly hooked. Got everything I could of his from the college ...

So one of these came in the mail today. Not for me, and it does not quite match this picture. The process took fourteen months, which is a r...

I know there were some harsh words about the Bob Dylan Christmas record said here. There is a video out now. It has to be seen to be believe...

Getting my ass kicked in my the 30 in 30 November poetry project. Started out rough as nothing was coming out that was any good. Wrote down ...

Not sure how long this will last, but the music of Mojo Nixon is available for free download at amazon.com in the United States only. I...

For many years I kept a blog on Live Journal. In April, I stopped posting. I do not miss it. This place and Facebook keep me busy enough. LJ...

My friend Louise did an amazing job with very short notice and assembled a chapbook for me to have at IWPS. I sent her a bunch of poems last...

Spent a good part of yesterday at the Nisonger Center, which went well. N. was on his best behavior and he showed the doctors and observers...

South of Broad, Pat Conroy's first work of fiction in fourteen years is an overwrought, over dramatic story with unrealistic relationshi...

A publishing trend I've noticed over the past few years is authors who write novels simply to have them made into movies. I'm sure t...

Been reading about George and Sam , happy I do not have two autistic children. Having one means you are surrounded by constant energy. I can...

It's a been awhile since I've had the rug pulled out of me while reading a book. The plot twist in Sarah Water's 'Fingersmit...

The first book of Percival Everett's I read was American Desert. The book's dark humor really stuck with me, a guy was decapitated ...

It's over. 6-5 Detroit. An absolutely brutal too many men on the ice penalty led to a power play goal with 46 seconds left. Crappy way t...

Wrote what may be the angriest poem I've written to date today. Went to Cup O' Joe after work to build on what I scratched out betwe...

Reading has picked up the last few weeks. Even with my mind elsewhere on very important things I managed to squeeze in three books. First up...

Been so busy this year I've had little time to read, and what I have read has not stood out. Until I saw that Kenny Shopsin had put out ...