If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist.
— Ed Koch-
Currently Reading
-
Recent Posts
Popular Posts
- George Saunders’ Multiple Points of View
- The Art of the Novella: First Love by Ivan Turgenev
- Multiple points of view in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
- The Art of the Novella: May Day by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- More Fear of Strangers
- The Art of the Novella: Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
- The Art of the Novella: Summer by Edith Wharton
Tags
albany antietam authors bio christmas civil war Classics CNF craft essays eBooks economics elmhurst environment fiction history iran literature memoir method writing mfa movies music new york state summer writers institute novel novella obama poetry politics publishing religion romance science sense memory short stories skidmore stony brook teachers teaching technology The Art of the Novella Thirty-fourth Regiment vcfa video winslow writing
Tag Archives: albany
More Fear of Strangers
I recently found these videos on YouTube of my favorite bar band of all time, Fear of Strangers. Back in the late seventies and early eighties there was a very vibrant arts scene in Albany on and around Lark Street, … Continue reading
Faith Renewed
Election day of 2004 found me in, of all places, Austin, Texas. I had been working as a contractor at the time, designing a dimensional database for an Austin-based company. That night I watched the election returns with some co-workers … Continue reading
Shopping for a Dog
First they were “The Units.” Then they were “Fear of Strangers.” A great band that almost made it: Val Haynes, Steve Cohen, Todd Nelson and Al Kash. There’s not much of a trace of them now, even on the Internet … Continue reading