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The Most Fruitful Travel

Scientific achievement is celebrated and content reigns king while writing style is given little emphasis. The work itself is glorified and thus the author is merely one aspect of the work. In Steinbeck’s world, it’s the opposite: the genius author is glorified above the work.

Pleasure, Science, Writing/Publishing

Science and Travel Writing Married into One Beer-Fueled Book

The book was a commercial failure and it is not hard to see why.

Writing/Publishing

Amazon Review: J.Y. Cousteau’s The Silent World

There are not enough words in my review and so I will include a few more with this sentence

Writing/Publishing

Amazon Review: Pinsky’s The Figured Wheel

I cannot imagine I’d ever read one of these stupid customer reviews and base my decision to buy a book of poetry on that review.

Writing/Publishing

Amazon Review: C.K. Williams’ On Whitman

Don’t buy this book: it sucks

Dreams

Probably the Best Dream I’ve Ever Had

I took a nap and in the dream had the following awesome dream.

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  • Les R Forgue: Greetings. Enjoyed your writing here, from which I quote “the city looms in memory as a mass of...