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Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.
— Karl Marx-
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eBook Store
A selection of my previously published stories and essays are now available as eBooks through several different sales channels. The the books can be purchased and downloaded directly in multiple formats from Smashwords.com as well as from the following online … Continue reading
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eBook Week, Meta-Memoir
As I wrote yesterday, this week is “Read an eBook Week.” While the printed book is in danger of extinction, technological innovations, as well as business model innovations, make it clear that the way books are produced, distributed and bought … Continue reading
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Gifts
Part 1: This essay was originally published three years ago in Seeker Magazine. When I began writing it, my only intent was to document a family story that was going to be forever lost due to the passage of time. … Continue reading
Into the Abyss
When Jay McInerney’s Bright Lights, Big City was published in 1984, it took the publishing world by storm and ushered in a new era of edgy young writers. Bright Lights, Big City chronicles the emotional, psychological, and spiritual downward spiral … Continue reading
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Hangover Theory of Economics
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy– they smashed up things and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had … Continue reading

