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Musings on Proust, Part 2

31 Mar 202031 Mar 2020
Finished Du coté de chez Swann last night.... Okay, I'm beginning to wonder whether I feel about Proust (so far, having read one volume out of seven, each of which…
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Musings on Proust, Part 1

27 Mar 202027 Mar 2020
I have at last begun reading Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu. While the coronavirus pandemic and its accompanying restrictions have given me more time to read, I actually…
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The Mockingbird’s Song

24 Mar 2020
I went on my rigorously lonely walk today under a tumbled gray sky, wandering through the residential neighborhoods nearby, with their charming houses and apartment buildings. Lots of Art-Deco touches…
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The Minuet

22 Mar 202022 Mar 2020
The streets are blank of traffic on this epidemic Sunday, but there are people--not many--walking or even jogging on the sidewalks. There are groceries to go to, and anyway keeping…
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Signs from Heaven

21 Mar 2020
One thing I love about our apartment is its windows. We are on the second floor, and our street is narrow and bordered mostly with older, graceful buildings. There's a…
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When Clichés Come to Life

20 Mar 202020 Mar 2020
Clichés are much derided in writing circles, and rightly so: they are a lazy way to express the character of a situation, and usually they have been heard so often…
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Local Poetry and a Cause for Optimism

24 Jan 2020
An odd and pleasing transaction: I had sent a short story to a magazine I found in one of the listings I use, and it was gently rejected the same…
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Doldrums

6 Nov 20196 Nov 2019
I suppose I shouldn't complain, but September spoiled me: five short stories appeared in literary journals, and several acceptance notices came in. Of course that was exceptional. In October, only…
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Reading Time

24 Oct 201924 Oct 2019
No doubt this has happened to you: you mention a book you've recently read and loved, and your interlocutor immediately blurts out, "Oh, I just love reading too, but I…
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Locals Only!

26 Sep 2019
For Los Angeles locals only: Books by yours truly are now available at three Los Angeles Public Library branches! You can find my two novels in the Fairfax branch library…

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