O that novel on my shelf by him who chose to block me, Who signed it o’er to my self, in belief that it would rock me, who called me friend and colleague then,… in the hopes I’d write some praise, with fine excerptable blurb, that might his royalties raise. But alas! Alack! That book […]
Some folks of the conservative bent are throwing public snits over Marvel’s SAM WILSON: CAPTAIN AMERICA #1, in which the current Cap, a black man, fights white supremacists. They take open offense at this, saying among other things that superhero comics are no place for politics. Now, this is shooting fish in a barrel. I […]
Originally published on Facebook Oct 13 2013. Open letter to the independent bookstore: Today I was told that a reader of my acquaintance drove past the Barnes and Noble superstore in his immediate neighborhood, with its massive selection and ample parking, to travel the additional twenty minutes of local stop-and-start driving to the your establishment, […]