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Throwing in the Tao; James J. Patterson’s New Essay Appears in Henry Miller Journal

April 14, 2022 by [email protected]

The full title of James J. Patterson's new essay which appears in Nexus: The International Henry Miller Journal is "Throwing in the Tao: Henry Miller as Life Coach, Literary Instructor, and Spiritual Guide" With a new edition of Nexus: the International Henry Miller Journal comes a whole new … [Read more...] about Throwing in the Tao; James J. Patterson’s New Essay Appears in Henry Miller Journal

Filed Under: Essays, General Content

Donald Trump and the False Infallibility of Riches

January 29, 2019 by [email protected]

A Troglodyte

Donald Trump has proven to the world what Washingtonians have been experiencing, albeit on a smaller scale, with a local billionaire named Daniel Snyder, for years, that a person being rich guarantees nothing when it comes to having the competence, expertise, and most of all, the ethical … [Read more...] about Donald Trump and the False Infallibility of Riches

Filed Under: Essays, General Content, Uncategorized

The World of Yesterday (Armistice Day, 2018)

November 15, 2018 by [email protected]

From the forthcoming collection Junk Shop Window My father always said that his first memory was of standing on the couch in his parent’s living room, small hands on the back cushion, peering out a picture widow at a neighborhood street in Bend, Oregon. There is a slow-moving line of cars and … [Read more...] about The World of Yesterday (Armistice Day, 2018)

Filed Under: Essays, Essays, General Content, General Content

Gabbing With O’Reilly

August 1, 2017 by [email protected]

Gabbing With O'Reilly

Gabbing With O'Reilly, at the opening of another NFL training camp, a 42 year season ticket holder looks back one last time at the Redskins and RFK Stadium. First appeared in SportsFan Magazine, Fall, 2000 Featured in Bermuda Shorts by James J. Patterson When O'Reilly was at last awarded his seat … [Read more...] about Gabbing With O’Reilly

Filed Under: Bermuda Shorts, Essays

Welcome to Good Books, Well Made

April 21, 2017 by James J. Patterson

key-west-jim

We believe that there is no reason a small press can't publish books that compete on the shelf with the best that the big houses have to offer. Welcome to Good Books, Well Made James J. Patterson, Co-Founder, ASP. I suppose the last straw for me was when Eric Foner’s masterpiece, Tom Paine, … [Read more...] about Welcome to Good Books, Well Made

Filed Under: Essays

Influences and Ambitions

December 7, 2016 by James J. Patterson

Marty in the Tower

On Writing Roughnecks I grew up at a time when something called “The Great American Novel” was still revered, aspired to, attempted. Steinbeck, Melville, Fitzgerald, Hemmingway, Harper Lee, and poets like Whitman, Dickenson, Sandberg, and Frost had taken their art into the heart of America and told … [Read more...] about Influences and Ambitions

Filed Under: Essays

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