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scop (noun): Old English – bard, minstrel, storyteller
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Super Stocking Stuffers!
Minute Men in Print, eBook & Audio. Books are “the quintessential Christmas — or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or other December celebration — gift.” So writes New York Times book review editor Jennifer Harlan in her article “How a Good Book Became the ‘Richest’ of Holiday Gifts.” Supporting that point, writer and editor Tom Connair sent us the…
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Now on the TEDx Channel:
The Resilience of Frankenstein. [The following is a transcript of my TEDx talk on Mary Shelley and resilience, presented in Rea Auditorium, Sewickley PA, May 11. 2024. The video is currently streaming on the TEDx Channel.] It occurs to me that when I think about resilience, I think everything I’ve learned comes from a novel…
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Mystery Begins Here!
The Granddaddy of Them All. Before Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, long before Philip Marlowe and Benoit Blanc, there was master sleuth C. Auguste Dupin. First appearing in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841), and returning in “The Mystery of Marie Rogêt” (1842) and “The Purloined Letter” (1844), Dupin…
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Audiobook Countdown!
Coming to Your Earbuds on November 25. In just two weeks, Minute Men: Execute & Run arrives in audio from Tantor Media, a division of the world’s largest producer of literature for the ears. Currently available for preorder from Amazon and Audible, the audiobook is read by Tom Beyer, a seasoned actor who has appeared…
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Man of Mystery, Horror & Imagination
Edgar Allan Poe as Performance Artist Mustachioed, scowling, dressed in black—Edgar Allan Poe stares at us from the silvered surface of a faded daguerreotype. It is the face of a tortured poet destined for early death, but although the portrait was taken during the height of his struggle with depression and ill health, I can’t…
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Prime Alternatives
Where to go when the giant has “issues.” Earlier this week, a pale-blue banner (see above) began appearing on the Amazon website. The text within it read: We’re sorry if you’re currently experiencing issues with the Amazon site. We’re working to fix it as quickly as possible. The announcement came after a week in which…