There is a way for literature to be bad literature--bad in form, bad in style, and bad in diction, for only several of the ways literature can be bad. This we should know, but do we, and how do we if we do? There are always examples of what a form should not be in … Continue reading The Good, the Bad and the Literary?

We fear questions because asking is always a form of taking.

All good reading is re-reading. --Anonymous A man says, I've ben reading Kazantzakis and remembering Kerouac, not that they have a lot in common, I mean, not that their prose style is similar. They might just be mutually exclusive in the manner with which syntax is handled, manipulated, in the telling of a story. But … Continue reading Satori in Brooklyn [Flash Fiction]

What then must we do in face of power and money and decadent politicians and Presidents who are the bitches of Wall Street or protected by Oil gangsters? Do I have an axe to grind with power and monied elites? Of course I do, but I also have observations and critiques as well as explications … Continue reading The Falling Leaf Review