KENSINGTON, MD — Alex Kudera assures us that he does not communicate with any dead scribes when he puts pen to paper, and the veteran college instructor also makes it clear that he does not desire to be associated with any stable whatsoever, even if it’s among writers he admires like Charles Bukowksi who indeed [...]
Humble, quick-witted novelists make for good dinner guests, particularly when they aren’t delusional enough to think that their narrative voice speaks for millions. Once in a great while, however, there comes an author whose story actually does speak to and for the masses, and it’s your job as a gracious host to point out this [...]
How does one define success? What do we mean by real love? Why is perception often more powerful than reality?
If you’re looking for actual answers to these questions, perhaps you should be seeking another dimension in The Twilight Zone; but if you enjoy exercising your right cerebrum hemisphere and probing some of life’s deeper issues [...]
One of the many perks of publishing a writer’s first novel is that even when he’s on a summer sojourn in Italy, you usually can convince him to grant the occasional interview. Joseph Zeppetello, author of the forthcoming novel, Daring to Eat a Peach (November 2010, Atticus Books), takes time to shed some light on the birth [...]
When: September 19-24, 2010
Where: Northern Virginia, D.C., and Maryland
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