Tahoe Literary Festival
Tahoe Literary Festival Tickets are now on sale for the first Tahoe Literary Festival, taking place on Oct. 11 and 12 in Tahoe City, CA. Two ticket options are available: […]
Way Down Upon the Ganges River, 1987
Way Down Upon the Ganges River, 1987 Adventure memoir by Gene “Tarzan” Fischer I just left on a steam train from Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India after visiting the Taj Mahal. […]
Tripping With a Viper
THE UNEXPURGATED, TRUE STORY OF NEAL CASSADY & ANNE MURPHY Tripping with a Viper author Anne Marie Maxwell (aka Anne Murphy, as she was known in the 1950s and 1960s) […]
I Want to Take You Higher
By Mill Valley Literary Review Poetry Editor, Jeff Kaliss From his anthemic early hits (“I Want to Take You Higher,” “Family Affair,” “Dance to the Music”), through the moody meditations […]
The Night F. Scott, Papa, Tall Tom, and Wee Willy Faulkner Came to Maxwell Perkins’ Birthday Party
San Francisco Writers Conference First Prize for Fiction 2013: “The Night F. Scott, Papa, Tall Tom, and Wee Willy Faulkner Came to Maxwell Perkins’ Birthday Party” by Grant Flint “No,” […]
The “Tandem Story”
The “Tandem Story” by Rebecca & Gary And they lived unhappily ever after. The End
Poet Antoinette Vella Payne
POET SPOTLIGHT from Jeff Kaliss The past few annual Poetry Under the Dome sessions, including the latest on April 2th, have happened out from under the titular structure topping San […]
Catherine Ronan: poetry of Elemental Skin
Elemental Skin, book of Irish poetry from Catherine Ronan review by Jeff Kaliss, Poetry Editor I wait for Catherine Ronan to show up, crazy-curled and wickedly grinning, comically blurred by her […]
Mary McColley Poet Profile
Mary McColley Poet Profile by Jeff Kaliss It was still Ramadan when Mary McColley and I Zoom-chatted early in this April. During this period, sacred to Muslims, cafes and restaurants were […]
Unfiltered Memoir from Thomas-Wolfgang Rohan
An excerpt from Thomas-Wolfgang Rohan’s memoir stories, Got a Cigarette? Like the Camel straights the author formerly smoked, this tale of his first visit to Germany is UNFILTERED. Mega Bright in […]
Mary McColley Poetry
Poetry from Mary McColley, from Maine, and now living in the West Bank. Presented by Poetry Editor Jeff Kaliss. Mary McColley and I Zoom-chatted early in this April. During this […]
Geoffrey Heptonstall Poetry
Poetry of Geoffrey Heptonstall After what he counts as “a good year, in terms of publication”, Geoffrey Heptonstall, based in Cambridge, England has shared some of his poetry with us. […]
Book Reviews from previous On My Nightstand
arrhythmia, haiku by Bruce H. Feingold (Red Moon Press 2020) Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss, Poetry Editor Although I had an unforgettable and life-learning affair with […]
DeLorean Motor’s Walter Strycker—Interview
“The Most Interesting Man (you never heard of)” by J. Macon King 30 years after, John DeLorean’s friend and right-hand man revisited the 80’s quintessential corporate tale. This interview […]
An After-Party
Continued from Jerry Reflections by J.Macon King. And a view of Kristen Stewart! Kidding. Sadly On the Road star Kristen Stewart did not show. The man did show me, […]
Convoluted Backstory of Beat at the Sweet
Starring Kristen Stewart as Marylou. Kristen’s “Twilight” fame and desire to play the role helped save this long-awaited movie from development hell. From director Walter Salles and screenwriter […]