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  • "The Deciders" by Thomas Beller

    The New American Review was even available on the paperback rack at the V & V Canteen (penny candy; a pinball machine) in my home town of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia which, at the time, had neither a bookstore nor a library. -- Rick Rofihe, Editor, anderbo.com
    Posted to Culturebox by Rick Rofihe on August 20, 2008

  • Faked? So What!

    I have to confess to having sympathy for Ms. Seltzer. She really put one over on Big Publishing and the reviewer swells and I hope she already spent her advance. With quotes like, “humane and deeply affecting memoir,” “powerful story of resilience and unconditional love,” the whole thing reminds me of a Marx Brothers comedy. Come on! All ...
    Posted to Recycled by Carl Melcher on March 5, 2008

  • Writers are desperate to publish!

    Very true. When I was writing my memoir (Carl Melcher Goes to Vietnam), I decided early on to 'fake' it as a novel. I wanted the literary leeway that fiction allowed a writer. Another factor that drove my decision was that I was self-publishing and did not have the money to buy the rights for certain lyrics. Also, I worried about the ...
    Posted to Recycled by Carl Melcher on March 5, 2008

  • And the Conclusion Is ...

    This article says a lot, and even suggests it, but ultimately, the reason editors don't work too hard at spotting fake memoirs is ... They don't have to worry about veracity! The reading public is too stupid, and too willing to accept the ''artistic license'' or ''it's emotionally accurate if not factually accurate'' rationales, for it to be ...
    Posted to Recycled by PsiCop on March 5, 2008

  • Publication suggestion

    Why not simply create a facsimile edition of the cards to reinforce the notion of Laura as draft and to give that insight into his genius process. I know VN would hate it but he is now dead, we have had plenty of time with his perfectly completed works and now can see something of his humanity in imperfection.
    Posted to The Spectator by alicektg on January 20, 2008

  • Risks and Writing

    I have to disagree with Mr. Lewis about writers and risk-taking these days. He of all people should know that writers do, in fact, take risks, but publishers and agents are far less willing to do so. There's a whole lot of risk-taking that's not hitting the book stands but is instead languishing semi-invisible in small presses or deep in dark ...
    Posted to Obit by blacktech on November 13, 2007

  • Re: Poems Aloud - Copper Canyon Press

    Dear Auntie, What a concept! (I have no problems with the hyperlinks.) The question, of course, is how I'd ever find the time to participate meaningfully. But ma'am, I feel like I'm being taken back to my roots here. Poetry began as something to be recited (still further back, as something to be sung). How shall we proceed? Comments? -- from you ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on June 14, 2007