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Tom of all trades

Posted on August 4, 2012 by

Marshall McLuhan once likened the Sunday New York Times to a warm bath – something to slip into for comfort and pleasure. We’re borrowing that line to tell you that Tom Corcoran has just run a nice, toasty tub for … Continue reading →

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Let us now praise William Saroyan

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

I’ve always enjoyed reading biographies of writers, which is probably why I’ve ended up writing them. Back in Indiana recently, I made a trip to my favorite used bookstore, Caveat Emptor, in Bloomington. I didn’t know I was looking for … Continue reading →

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Some notes on Hunter S. Thompson

Posted on July 25, 2011 by

These two pieces were written at the request of Martin Flynn, the Irish writer and keeper of hstbooks.org. I just did “The Kathleen Dunn Show” on Wisconsin Public Radio, and some of these issues came up, so I thought it … Continue reading →

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My local library — a love note

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

Cohasset is such a great little town. There’s a great public library and I take the boys there at least once a week. Jack is in a Young Writers’ Workshop there this summer. It’s sweet, I tell you, sweet. Living … Continue reading →

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The poet laureate of the sporting life

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Guy de la Valdene is an honest-to-God French count, but his connections to Florida and its literary culture are about as deep as they come. When the dust clears and historians start ranking the Great Florida Writers, we might find … Continue reading →

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