Junk Shop Window
Essays on Myth, Life, and Literature
A visit to the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere, England, results in a meeting with a telepathic dog. A trip to see the Irish Rovers on St Patrick’s Day becomes slapstick worthy of the I Love Lucy Show, An attempt to record the right background sounds for a Sherlock Holmes radio play opens a doorway in time to the world of a century ago. And Hermes, the Greek messenger god, appears in various guises, relaying sometimes cryptic, sometimes life-saving messages.
Junk Shop Window is getting so much praise from reviewers and interviewers! Take a look at these:
A rave review by Pulizter-prize winning critic Michael Dirda in The Washington Post:
Another rave by poet and scholar Charles Rammelkmap in The Hopkins Review:
A delightful interview with the author by fiction writer Leslie Pietrzyk on her acclaimed blog, To Be Read:
A probing, insightful interview with Maryland Poet Laureate Grace Cavalieri on her award-winning radio show, The Poet and the Poem:
And a heart-felt, lovely interview with poet and activist Ethelbert Miller on his weekly WPF literary show, On the Margin:
Meet James J. Patterson
James J. Patterson was born in Washington, DC, five days before Nixon’s infamous “Checkers Speech.” He’s been lurking about in what he calls “The Capital of the Empire” ever since.
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Here We Go Again…
Here we go again, an American Industry shoots itself in the fucking head. Amazon Kicks Independent Presses From Its Kindle Store.
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Amazon Kicks Independent Publishers Off The Bus!
Amazon Kicks Independent Presses From Its Kindle Store! Here We Go Again, An American Industry Shoots Itself In The…
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Patterson Reads!
PATTERSON READS FRIDAY AT 7:30 PM! On Friday, October 22nd, at 7:30 PM James J. Patterson will read from his new book, BERMUDA SHORTS, at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Admission is free and there’s meter parking across the street. Patterson will be joined by Joanna Biggar, author of the newly published THAT PARIS
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Seven Days In May
SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, OR TWO DAYS IN JUNE? In 1962 Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas starred in a bone chilling “It can’t happen here,†political thriller where a right wing American general tried to take advantage of what he thought was a weak-willed liberal president by attempting a coup. Seven Days In May Trailer
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Patterson Reads
ASP In Harrisburg, PA! Just two hours from DC, the first annual Harrisburg Book Festival will bring together authors, poets, and artists from all over the east coast. Come vist Alan Squire Publishing and the Sante Fe Writer’s Project table on Sunday, June 27th, 1-4PM! Find the Midtown Scholar Book Shop here!
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Rose Returns To Oxford
Publisher & Poet Rose Solari To Lead Oxford University Panel On Tuesday, June 8th, poet and scholar Rose Solari will lead a panel discussion entitled, “Divided by a Common Language: Divergent Paths in British and American Poetry.â€
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Archive Article sample 2
coming soon
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Stress City – A Big Book Of Fiction By 51 DC Guys
Stress City – A Big Book Of Fiction By 51 DC Guys Stress City, A Big Book of Fiction by 51 DC Guys, contains the short story The Conjecture Chamber, by James J Patterson! Stress City is available from Amazon, the Writer’s Center, from the Politics & Prose Bookstore, and for a very limited time,
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The Conversation We Are Born Into
WHAT CONVERSATION WERE YOU BORN INTO? As The Association of Writers Programs meets in Chicago, Patterson takes a look back at crashing the Party in Vancouver.