Authors
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Authors I Love: Penelope Fitzgerald
I’ve written before about the great Penelope Fitzgerald, an author who I think gets woefully overlooked these days. Which is too bad: I love her beautiful, understated style, her deadpan sense of humor, and sneaky-great themes. You should give her books a try if you haven’t already. But really, why do I like her so much? There are… Continue reading
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Contest Winners! The Brilliant Readers Who Guessed the Cover Themes
So here was the contest: guess the cover art themes to my book The Race and win a free copy of the book. As a reminder, here’s the cover: I also gave a brief description that had a few clues. I was looking for two things, or maybe three. The book is about American politics,… Continue reading
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Confession Time! What’s The Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done?
Readers! I’m putting together the next episode of The Jacke Wilson Show and I could use your help thinking through some issues. Let me know (email or comments) your answers to the following: What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done? How often do you think about it? Why was it the worst? Why do you think about… Continue reading
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International Feedback on The Race!
Yesterday I posted a quick little request that summarized my thoughts on the U.S. elections. And of course, I wrote a book about a politician, based on some personal experience I had ghostwriting the autobiography of one of our nation’s gems. The politician in my book, a former governor recovering from a sex scandal, exemplifies everything… Continue reading
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Election Day Request
A request for Election Day: On this national day of voting Can’t we put aside our differences And recognize the great source of our unity: We all hate politicians Go vote, everyone! And then, after you’ve recovered from that, take a look at my book The Race, which is about a disgraced former governor trying… Continue reading
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Good Luck NaNoWriMoers!
It’s National Novel Writing Month! And once again, I’m astounded by people who hate this project. (Has Laura Miller written her annual screed yet? I can’t wait.) Here’s a post from a year ago: NaNoWriMo: A Full-Throated Defense Democracy, Tolstoy (again!), NaNoWriMo, and hate. A good post. Onward and upward, everyone! Good luck with the… Continue reading
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Small Press Shoutout: Enchanted Lion Press!
Happy November! In honor of the holiday season, we’re resurrecting the Small Press Shoutout Series, in which I highlight some of the most amazing small presses around. Today’s small press is unbelievably good. If you have a child in your life under the age of, say, ten, head on over to Enchanted Lion to check… Continue reading
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Today’s Comment of the Week: Halloween Lizards and the Accidental Listener
Wonderful Listener Rose Red writes: I thoroughly enjoyed [episode two of the Jacke Wilson Show], which I had to listen to because I knew the Beatles would be mentioned. I am listening to the Halloween one and I think I just wet myself laughing at your take on the geckos in space. “Do they not have… Continue reading
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Top Ten Writers Laughing: The Very Best!
Okay, we already looked at numbers 10 through 6. Let’s take a look at the top five from our very popular Writers Laughing series. Away we go! Number 5: Kurt Vonnegut and John Irving Number 4: Samuel Beckett Number 3: Flannery O’Connor Number 2: George Orwell (this was close – he was overtaken on the… Continue reading
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The Jacke Wilson Show – Subscribe on iTunes!
One… one one… one one… It’s the Jacke Wilson Show! And now you can subscribe on iTunes. Every episode, downloaded to um… the device of your choice… um, it streams to ah… HEY LOOK. IT WORKS ON IPODS. PHONES. IPADS. COMPUTERS. ALL STUFF LIKE THAT. WHATEVER YOU OWN AND USE. Ahem. Some of us are… Continue reading
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