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The Last Waltz, er, Potluck
By the time this appears, the word will be out, so I think it’s safe to write about in advance. Anne and I have sold our house in Cape Elizabeth and are moving on to the next (smaller) residence of … Continue reading
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HBD2ME
Launching, September 1, 6PM at Longfellow Books: Hard as a Headstone and the reissue of The Last Altruist And so on . . Celebrating a big-number birthday this year and I’m strangely calm about it, though there are many days … Continue reading
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Marination
Between the Crime Wave and a couple other appearances, including a West Bath book group where I ran into someone I worked with in Chelmsford, MA in 1985, it feels like I’ve been out and about a fair amount this … Continue reading
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The Knee and the Novel
I don’t doubt you’ve had enough of my knee adventure this winter but it was, as you can imagine, a major change to the body and one that echoes out into the future as the healing continues. It was not, … Continue reading
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The Morning Hours
Shameless Commerce Department The Maine Crime Wave comes to you on May 30th. Register here. Guest of Honor is Ron Currie, Jr. Noir at the Bar the night before, as well as a curated trip through the research facilities of … Continue reading
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Dying is Easy . . .
Shameless Commerce Division As many of you know, Islandport Press will publish the second in the Ardmore Theberge series Hard as a Headstone in September. Here is the cover. The web page for the book is here, if you’d like … Continue reading
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Amateur Hour
Being laid up with the knee, I’ve had a ton of time to watch the Olympics, which put me in mind of this piece from a while back. Hope you don’t mind a rerun. ************************************************************ In 1985, David Halberstam wrote … Continue reading
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Look at Your Fish
Thanks for the good wishes and other support for my current recovery—knee rehab is going well, if slowly, and I have an excellent pile of books to keep me company. I’m also reading a posthumous collection of short pieces by … Continue reading
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Talking Voice
As much as I love the rest of the holiday trappings—the tree, the weather, the roast beast—I might love the music more than any of them. I don’t practice the religious tradition I was brought up in, but you never … Continue reading
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Intro, Extro, Otro
Recently attended the annual Crime Bake in Boston and outside of the suspicion that the hotel where it was held only exists for laundering money—rugs held together with duct tape, both freezing and boiling meeting rooms, a restaurant without enough … Continue reading
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