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About meAs a freelance copy editor, I work out of my house, looking out at the woods, enjoying the changing seasons. Between editing manuscripts, I've written a few books, one of which was actually published, with my younger face staring out from the cover.
Editing as much as I do, I have occupational dreams about misspelled words and anachronisms I might have missed. (Did they have tomatoes in England in Shakespearean times?) And I have a hard time transcending disagreeable commas and incorrect semicolons when trying to read for pleasure.
At midday, to get away from words, I mainly shop for food: like a Frenchman, a few items here, a few there. Bread. Wine. Olive oil, pasta, cheese. Potatoes, onions, and the vegetable du jour. Chicken. And in the evening I labor over meals, rarely with a cookbook, but--in the manner I edit--going where the ingredients take me.
About my librarySince I get paid to read, a number of books in my library are little known, and to which I generally give lower ratings. When I do read as a reader, not a mercenary, the following are among my favorites or/and notable influences: Dostoievski, Knut Hamsun, Camus, Sartre, Bergson, Malraux, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Dane Rudhyar, Jung, Keyserling, Krishnamurti, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Claudio Naranjo, Aldous Huxley, Henry de Monfreid, John O'Hara, Richard Wright, Celine, Henry Miller, Oswald Spengler, de Tocqueville, E.M. Cioran, Bukowski, George Orwell, Ralph Ellison, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Joan Didion, Pauline Kael, Milan Kundera, Thomas Berger, Jim Thompson, Elmore Leonard, Raymond Chandler, James Cain, John Le Carre, Georges Simenon, Sebastien Japrisot, Jean-Claude Izzo, Graham Greene, Anthony Burgess, Montaigne, Hazlitt, Edmund Wilson, Phillip Lopate.
Real namePeter Weissman
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Until I got your note, I was unacquainted with Charles Olson, and, needless to say, with "The Moon is Number 18" (thanks for educating me!) Looking further into the significance of card 18 http://www.toniallen.co.uk/tarot-moon-ca... , it seems a fitting card for summing up that post-Altamont turning point as the dreams of the 60's were forced to confront the obstacles of "sucking in the 70s" and move forward to our glorious present. So, if your readers do their homework, as they should with - say - Ezra Pound, they will see it's an apt, albeit obscure, quote. Hope this makes sense?
Peace,
G
posted by Ganeshaka at 9:36 pm (EST) on Nov 10, 2009
Whilst I don't have many books like you in my library currently on here, I honestly have about 150 more books at home. They are from various interests...I'm willing to explore any areas and am really looking forward to reading yours!! I'll be sure to review and read it with a very open mind toward anything I might come across.
Thanks!
posted by kendrapayne at 4:33 pm (EST) on Nov 10, 2009
posted by allmadhere at 11:30 am (EST) on Nov 9, 2009
Really looking forward to *your* book!
posted by BeckyJG at 9:15 pm (EST) on Nov 5, 2009
posted by hippypaul at 8:29 am (EST) on Nov 5, 2009
It's Dublin, with the bay and Howth head central and the Dublin mountains at the bottom. The river in the middle is Anna Livia Plurabelle, or the Liffey to give it the more common name.
posted by ian_curtin at 9:24 am (EST) on Sep 17, 2009
posted by blackhornet at 3:30 pm (EST) on Aug 20, 2009
I've read all and met many of the handicapper/authors you mentioned. You have to read a lot to figure out what actually is useful. I'll point you to a couple now I'm trying virtual excavate - all William Murray's books, the non-fiction as well as Shifty Lou Mysteries, TD Thornton's Not by a longshot. Coming up in August Jim Squires has a new one out called Headless Horsemen: A tale of chemical colts, subprime agents and the last Kentucky Derby on Steroids. It's really good.
posted by JoeDrape at 1:39 pm (EST) on Jul 9, 2009
posted by jodavid at 1:31 pm (EST) on May 18, 2009
I contribute to a website that is about all things retro (mainly design related) and we do sometimes feature books on there so I will probably do a little bit about your book on there sometime soon. The site is www.retrotogo.com.
posted by sanddancer at 3:11 am (EST) on May 6, 2009
posted by ashleybessbrown at 2:15 pm (EST) on Feb 17, 2009