Category Archives: reviews

on the night table

Posted on Friday 7 March 2008 by writemyline

CHRIST THE LORD, THE ROAD TO CANA ANNE RICE Knopf Released: March 4, 2008 This book is going to be my weekend. Maybe I will write an actual review this time. For sure I will be up for book talking… Is … Continue reading →

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on the lonely night table

Posted on Saturday 16 February 2008 by writemyline

For the sufferers of post-Valentines Day empty mailbox syndrome, I highly recommend these two helpful books:  Kiss Off: Poems to Set You Free  Elizabeth Ash Vélez and Mary D. Esselman, Warner Books, 2003 Publisher Comments: Who says you have to … Continue reading →

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on the night table

Posted on Tuesday 5 February 2008 by writemyline

 Staying Alive, Real Poems for Unreal Times, Edited by Neil Astley; published in the USA by Miramax, 2003 and in the UK by Bloodaxe Books, 2002. This is my second Bloodaxe edition and I am completely sold on this British publishing house. … Continue reading →

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on the turntable

Posted on Thursday 17 January 2008 by writemyline

 Long Road Out of Eden, The Eagles, released November 2007 OK. I like it. Take away a couple of the songs and I would love. Most of the  two-disc, twenty-tune release does a pretty good job of taking me back to Hotel … Continue reading →

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on the night table

Posted on Thursday 20 December 2007 by writemyline

Ahead of All Parting, The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke. Translated by Stephen Mitchell. Modern Library, 1995. This has to be the best translation of Rilke I’ve ever read. Mitchell’s work doesn’t leave a single flaw on Rilke’s perfection. This … Continue reading →

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on the turntable

Posted on Thursday 22 November 2007 by writemyline

James Taylor, One Man Band , 2007 James Taylor doesn’t know it, but we’ve had a thing going for 35 + years. The very first LP I ever purchased was Sweet Baby James and ever since I haven’t been able to … Continue reading →

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