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    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, and Revolutionary…

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  • Influences and Ambitions

    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 us something about ourselves. They certainly were following…

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  • Alan Squire Publishing now on Amazon UK!

    Bermuda Shorts and That Paris Year, Now On Amazon UK! Bermuda Shorts, The Indy Best Seller in Essays and Lit Crit, by James J. Patterson, and That Paris Year, by Joanna Biggar, are now available on UK Amazon and Kindle! BS:  http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bermuda-Shorts-ebook/dp/B004BSGFH4/ TPY:  http://www.amazon.co.uk/That-Paris-Year-ebook/dp/B004BSGFHE   Check’m out!

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  • Book Launch Party! Thursday, June 14, The Old Bank Hotel, Oxford, England Chris Andrews Publications, Ltd., of Oxford, England, announces it’s 30th Anniversary of continuous publishing, with the unveiling of A Secret Woman, by Rose Solari, and a display of Chris Andrew’s Photography! At The Old Bank Hotel, 92-94 High Street, Oxford England, Thursday, June…

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  • Poet Rose Solari, and writer James J. Patterson, recently went to a poetry reading in the Jericho neighborhood of Oxford, England, and an art exhibit broke out! This is why we love this town! Cheers… Art Jericho is a groovy little gallery nestled in among some old buildings just off trendy Walton Street in the…

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  • A Secret Woman Prose Poem

    Sometimes someone surprises you with something so lovely you just can’t wait to share. Here, in response to reading a galley of Rose Solari’s forthcoming book from Alan Squire Publishing, a prose poem from Cynthia Matsakis. Enjoy! In the middle of the morning, I found myself still in bed, lost in a book, until I…

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