On the bus ride in to workI just finished readingthe first chapter ofRaymond De Capite'sA LOST KING. What a great book, amazing writing, looking forward to the rest of it. update:Just finished Chapter 5, this book's excellent!Poetic and funny too.I can't help but be reminded of John Fante.&nb...
My publisher mailed mea box full of ALPHABET FAUCETThis is a little bookcollection of 26 short storiesone for each letter of the alphabet, published in 2000.If you would like a copyplease tell ...
This poem by Robert Huff"I Dream I'm Really Diving Through the Fog"appeared in West Coast Review, 1966 For my essay on Robert Huff, see:http://www.poetrynw.org/allenn-frost-robert-huff-in-bellingham/&nb...
A long time ago on the street in the Seattle U-Districtsomeone told me I had to readOliver La Farge's bookLAUGHING BOY.I have finally got around to it. ...
Last weekend I watched THE SPANISH CAPE MYSTERY (1935)My favorite part about it is it's from a novel by Ellery Queenwho is the fictitious author who alsostars in the movie AND his traveling companion is reading a book by him as well! Furthermore, the California sheriffsarcastically refers to him as Chan and Philo (as in Charlie Chanand Philo Vance) two other fictitious detectives who also have their own film series. You...