Dreams of Literary Grandeur

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Dreams of Literary Grandeur

Category Archives: Literary Dreams

Digging Up the Past Turns 10 Years Old

April 8, 2013

10 years ago, Digging Up the Past went to press.  A week later (April 15), the first 99 copies were …

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Resolutions for the New Year

January 10, 2013

Though a bit late, I thought I would share some of my New Year’s resolutions with you: 1. Allow myself …

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Aspects of Writing a Novel

October 16, 2012

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma.  In …

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An Author’s Daily Routine

August 15, 2012

First, my apologies for not posting in a while.  Life and writing have been too busy to do much on …

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My New Year’s Resolutions

January 9, 2012

At the end of 2010, I wrote a blog post emphasizing what to look forward to on my blog in …

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"'Dreams of Literary Grandeur' is one heck of a blog." -Roger Ebert (1942-2013), Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic (quote originally posted here)

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Current Dreams

  • Looking for Something?
  • Digging Up the Past Turns 10 Years Old
  • Remembering Roger Ebert
  • A Japanese Wedding, Western Style
  • Resolutions for the New Year

My Favorite Dreams

  • Night of the Living Dead: Horror Movie as Social Commentary
  • Maid Cafes, Part 1 and 2 (Notes from the Diary of a Literary Rebel)
  • A Review of the Top Psychopathic Killer Movies (Notes from the Diary of a Literary Rebel)
  • Looking for Something?
  • Jane Eyre as Gothic Horror Tale

Past Dreams

Dream Themes

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Featured Dreamscapes

  • Bonnie Branson Illustration “Illustrator/teacher living in the Bay State! :-)”
  • Books I Read “Curious reads and finds”
  • Ifferjenn Independent “Life could be a dream, sweetheart. Sha-boom.”
  • Onlyne Short, insightful movie reviews from one of the first regular readers of my blog.
  • The Cinephile Fix “YOUR FIX FOR EVERYTHING FILM,’ by Roger Ebert’s Far-Flung Correspondent from Egypt, and a great movie critic in his own right.

Twittering in My Sleep

  • Based on the sounds I'm hearing in the kitchen, someone is killing a large animal with a hammer. 7 hours ago
  • RT @wilw: Very honored to be listed as an individual signatory at optin.stopwatching.us 7 hours ago
  • Last 19th century man dies (via @eugenephoto): blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/… 7 hours ago
  • Better late than never! SIFF 2013: Week Two, Part One wp.me/p2yLI6-y4 1 day ago
  • Celebrate Bloomsday and Father's Day together: fly your dad to Ireland. Or, just spend time drinking beers with him. Irish beers. 1 day ago
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“To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.” -Robert Schumann

Currently Reading

1. Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1 (Harriet Elinor Smith, ed.)
2. Collected Poems (Sylvia Plath)

Reading on Hold

1. Biographia Literaria (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
2. Le petit Nicolas (Sempé-Goscinny)
3. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary: Selections from the 1755 Work that Defined the English Language (Jack Lynch, ed.)

Books Finished in 2013

1. Nostromo (Joseph Conrad), Dover Thrift Editions
2. Close Range: Wyoming Stories ( Annie Proulx)
3. Towers of Midnight (Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson)
4. Strindberg: Five Plays (August Strindberg, trans. by Harry G. Carlson)
5. Sons and Lovers: Text, Background, and Criticism (D.H. Lawrence, edited by Julian Moynahan)
6. Rurouni Kenshin: Volume 5 (Nobuhiro Watsuki)-VizBig Edition
7. Art of Drawing Manga (Sergi Càmara and Vanessa Durán, translated from the Spanish by Michael Brunelle and Beatriz Cartabarria)
8. The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)

Currently Working On

My Novel

My Publications

Digging Up the Past: Poetry from High School (1994-97)

Publications Featuring My Poetry

Long River Run 2009 (Connecticut Poetry Society)
In Twelve Hands: Poetry Annual 2009 (Wild Leaf Press) (click on "Online Store")

That Other Blog of Mine

Murmurs from the Balcony

Contributions to Other Websites

Amazon.com Reviews

Two Tweetplays:
The Doorframe of Insanity
The Dreamer

The Flick Pick Monster Blog: Shall We Conclude? Cinema's Great Last Scenes and Endings

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