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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Gordo, God And Gandhi
My friend Gordon wants to talk about God. He has called me from work and over the course of his rambling dissertation on the state of things in his life at present, wonders aloud why nobody wants to talk about God anymore. By “nobody” I assume he means his peers. He wonders why it’s not
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Patterson’s Vagabonds
Patterson’s Vagabonds Respond! Vaughn Howland, a recently retired “Interventionist,” a man, in other words, who dedicated his life to saving people – from themselves – And Gargoyle Publisher, Richard Peabody, have some thoughtful and cautionary thoughts regarding my last few broadsides.
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Terry Mulligan? For President?
Terry Mulligan? For President? Writer, Musician, and Publisher, Terry Mulligan has had enough! His Policy Statement is Write On! He wants a Pro-Choice rider attached to the off-shore drilling Bill! How about throwing the Dallas Cowboys in Prison? Perhaps we should nationalize Exxon/Mobil and use their profits for Social Security. This guy is on to
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Unite The Clans! Part II
Unite The Clans! Do It Now! Part II Robert Kuttner in the September issue of the American Prospect put it brilliantly, “We have been spared a depression only thanks to the portions of The New Deal that conservatives did not manage to repeal.”
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I Can’t Wait!
I CAN’T WAIT! I CAN’T WAIT to dump my health care plan and buy-in to a public option! There must be millions like me. It’s time they were heard from in this lopsided corporate harangue over health care!
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Patterson & Anna Nicole!
Patterson In Stage Reading Thursday, May 21, 7:00 p.m.: Rose Solari will perform in a staged reading of Anna Nicole, a play by Grace Cavalieri based on the life of the late model/celebrity Anna Nicole Smith, at The Writer’s Center Al Lefcowitz Theater. The other actors are Jim Gagne, Ellen Cole, and Kenneth Flynn. Patterson
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Solving DC’s Football Problem
Solving DC’s Football Problem Dan Snyder should move the Redskins to Los Angeles where plans to build a new stadium for an NFL team that is yet to be, are already underway. Knowing our creepy little owner’s affection for movie stars and his new found desire to market his team to out-of-town fans, moving
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Bermuda Shorts
Essays from The Capital of the Empire Bermuda Shorts are more than just a garment, for James J Patterson political satirist, musician, songwriter, dramatist, essayist, and novelist, Bermuda Shorts are a state of mind. “Bermuda Shorts, as you know, are casual formal wear, or, if you prefer, formal casual wear. And that’s the approach I
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Already Gone: Forty Stories of Running Away and Junk Shop Window: Essays on Myth, Life and Literature joint event
Saturday, January 13, Time TBA Old Town Books, VA130 S. Royal Street, Alexandria VA 22314 Contributors to Already Gone: Forty Stories of Running Away will read, along with James J. Patterson, who will read from Junk Shop Window: Essays on Myth, Life and Literature. Other readers TBA.