Fiction
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Reader Comment: More Thoughts on the Foxes
My favorite part of running this blog, by miles and miles, is reading the comments. Sometimes they make me laugh, sometimes they make me think, and sometimes they are very moving. Often it’s all of the above. And then there are those that make me proud. Because they say flattering things about the writing (thank you, everyone!). Or… Continue reading
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A Joycean Christmas: Eveline
[Note: We’re reading one of James Joyce’s Dubliners stories each day until we get to “The Dead” on Christmas Eve. You can read more about the project on the first day’s installment. If you’re arriving late, fear not: it’s not too late to join us!] EVELINE SHE sat at the window watching the evening invade the… Continue reading
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The Shirt Pocket Avatar (A Jacke Wilson Objectino)
Back to the workplace for another Objectino!* A JACKE WILSON OBJECTINO Overheard in an office meeting: MAN: I realized the other day that my shirt pockets are so thin you can see my photo ID through them. For years there’s been this little me riding around in my shirt, right on my chest, where everyone could… Continue reading
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A Time to Read Joyce: Araby
[Note: We’re reading one of James Joyce’s Dubliners stories each day until we get to “The Dead” on Christmas Eve. You can read more about the project on the first day’s installment. If you’re arriving late, fear not: it’s not too late to join us!] ARABY NORTH RICHMOND STREET, being blind, was a quiet street except… Continue reading
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A Time to Read Joyce: An Encounter
[Note: We’re reading one of James Joyce’s Dubliners stories each day until we get to “The Dead” on Christmas Eve. You can read more about the project on the first day’s installment. If you’re arriving late, fear not: it’s not too late to join us!] AN ENCOUNTER IT WAS Joe Dillon who introduced the Wild West… Continue reading
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Christmas with James Joyce: The Sisters
Happy Dubliners Day! What’s that, you ask? It refers to a holiday tradition I have, which is to read one of James Joyce’s Dubliners story each day in the fifteen days leading up to Christmas Eve. Just like an advent calendar! And today, December 10, is the day to begin. I recommend taking off work,… Continue reading
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Today’s Comment of the Week: Backhanded Compliments
Wonderful Reader RR listens to Episode 4 of The Jacke Wilson Show and writes: I had to giggle at ‘easier to follow’. Ah yes! This was where I noted that my friend’s response to a particular story was that the story was “easier to follow” than one of my other stories. Easier to follow! Because I wanted… Continue reading
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It’s The Jacke Wilson Show! Episode 4 – The Worst Thing I Ever Did (Part Two)
ONE…ONE ONE…ONE ONE… IT’S THE JACKE WILSON SHOW!!!!! Episode 4 is here! I’m back to my four a.m. silent-house stage whisper. You didn’t think that afternoon voice would last forever, did you? Luckily I have a good microphone and an up-close personality. Or you can use it as white noise, to drift away to dreamland. I’m… Continue reading
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Great Moments in Parenting (A Jacke Wilson Objectino)
Today’s Objectino* includes a video! A JACKE WILSON OBJECTINO Two young parents are admiring their sleeping six-month-old boy. FATHER: He’s getting so big—pretty soon he’ll be learning how to read, and we’ll be watching all those great educational shows, like Sesame Street and Electric Company… MOTHER: Oh yeah! Electric Company. Those two silhouettes talking to… Continue reading
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Small-Press Shoutout: Checking in on Little Pickle Press
Readers! Writers! Book lovers! It’s time for another small-press shoutout! These are the posts that remind us all that even in a faceless, sterile, bottom-line industry like publishing, there are people out there doing some great work envisioning their dreams and making sure good books get to good people. We ran a ton of these… Continue reading
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