Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs Portland Trail Blazers, Game 1 After seven long years, the NBA Playoffs return to San Antonio!

WE'RE BACK

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Willy Vlautin talks about his new book, 'The Left and The Lucky' NPR's Scott Simon speaks with novelist Willy Vlautin about his new book "The Left and The Lucky" and focusing his writing on working class characters.

My most anticipated read this spring.

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A Review of McNally Jackson (Rock Center) — James H Duncan 1 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY Is it possible for a bookshop’s prime location to also be the one thing that could make a customer steer clear? If your bookshop is right in the heart of Rockefelle...

My write-up of McNally Jackson, their Rockefeller center location. It's a gorgeous bookstore, but boy is it ever busy.

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A Review of Briars & Brambles Books — James H Duncan 61 Route 296 & South Street, Windham, NY Up in the Catskill Mountains tucked in among the ski resorts, hiking trails, and panoramic overlooks you’ll find Briars & Brambles Books in a small...

Throwback to my write-up of Briar & Bramles Books in the heart of the Catskill Mountains.

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A prime example of why you can't trust Rotten Tomatoes is that The 'Burbs has a 58% and that's simply unforgivable.

"A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight" would be a hell of a poetry collection title if the real source wasn't so depressing.

I encourage you to write today I do.

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A Review of The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza — James H Duncan 1475 Western Ave., Albany, NY The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, an Albany literary institution at this point, recently moved its location just a few doors down in the same plaza. The original loca...

I recently visited the new location for the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza and it's a beauty. Take a look!

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A Review of Oblong Books (Millerton) — James H Duncan 26 Main Street, Millerton, NY And then, very suddenly, a village appears. The rolling farmland along the border between New York and Massachusetts parts and Millerton appears, with all its genteel n...

My write-up of Oblong Books in Millerton, NY. One of the many outstanding bookstores in the Hudson Valley.

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A Review of The Little Red Book Shack — James H Duncan 2710 Route 9, Hudson, NY (according to Google, but it’s really in Livingston, NY) Finding this shop was as much of an adventure as exploring it, but once you’re there you’ll find shacks and barns an...

The Little Red Book Shack is one of the most unique book browsing experiences you'll have in the Hudson Valley. A wonderful shop to visit, especially in spring and summer.

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The number of bots and AI slop in the "writing community" tab in Bluesky is wild, although I was never on Twitter so maybe this is expected. Still, yuck.

Officially Signed with Falkin Literary — James H Duncan This weekend I signed a representation deal with Mark Falkin of Falkin Literary after a great chat we had last week about a book I wrote, currently titled IT WON'T LEAVE . It's a horror novel set i...

After 16 years of searching, I finally had a great chat with an agent about a horror novel I wrote and I signed a representation deal over the weekend with Falkin Literary. Lots of work to do yet but the rubber has officially met the road. Let's do this.

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Poets on Craft: James H Duncan and Rebecca Schumejda — James H Duncan Poets on Craft is an educational series of essays by poets about how they each approach their artistic craft and writing process from a practical standpoint, and I’m very happy to have my own essay ap...

Poets on Craft is a series of essays by poets about how they approach their craft and writing process from a practical standpoint, and I’m very happy to have my own essay appear alongside one by the incredible Rebecca Schumejda.

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I found $25 and a pair of shorts I haven't worn since last summer and I think I might start stashing money for my future self, because finding a few bills in clothes you haven't worn in seasons is an incredible, incredible feeling.

"Variations of Blue" Now Appears in Trampoline — James H Duncan My poem “Variations of Blue” now appears online in a three-poet issue (#31.6) of Trampoline , alongside the works of Naa Asheley Ashitey and Sally Huggins Toner. The poem is from a small collection I...

New poem over at Trampoline!

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Roadside Assistance Anthology — James H Duncan Roadside Press has released a new anthology called Roadside Assistance , containing a sampler of poetry from books they’ve published over the last few years. Four of the poems within (“Transferenc...

Roadside Press has a new anthology sampler out including some of my poems. They are a fantastic press and I highly recommend checking this out.

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My poem "Variations of Blue" is now up over at Trampoline, in a mini 3 poet issue. It's a brief poem I wrote during a trip to Iceland a couple years ago. Enjoy!

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A Review of Sherman’s Maine Coast Bookshop (Portland) — James H Duncan 49 Exchange St, Portland, ME Sherman’s Maine Coast Bookshop in Portland is one of a chain of bookstores located in towns and cities throughout the region, and this particular location is in the hear...

Sherman's Maine Coast Bookshop is simply one of the best regional chains out there, yet retains that essential indie vibe.

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Posting AI art with your poetry on social media only makes me suspicious that you probably didn't write the poem either.

The Oscars are coming up and I've always enjoyed watching those, so here's my own ten picks for Best Picture of the last 12 months or so, in order:
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams
Blue Moon
Weapons
Sinners
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Euphus
Marty Supreme
Hamnet
Wake Up Dead Man

A Review of Odyssey Bookstore — James H Duncan 115 W Green Street Lower, Ithaca, NY It was a bright Saturday morning in downtown Ithaca when I opened my phone and typed what I usually do when I pass through any given town or city: “Bookstores Ne...

A throwback to my write-up of Odyssey Bookstore in Ithaca. I haven't been here since sometime just after the pandemic and it's long overdue for a return!

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Our open call has a theme of the American Southwest. Give us plateaus and deserts. Myths and legends. Bustling city streets baked by the sun, full of joy, grief, and stories of the communities of folks who have lived in this vast space for centuries. https://hobocampreview.blogspot.com/p/submission-guidelines.html?m=1

Our open call has a theme of the American Southwest. Give us plateaus and deserts. Myths and legends. Bustling city streets baked by the sun, full of joy, grief, and stories of the communities of folks who have lived in this vast space for centuries.

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Submissions are now open. Guidelines are at the website: https://hobocampreview.blogspot.com/p/submission-guidelines.html?m=1

Submissions are now open. Guidelines are at the website:

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ONE WAY TO REDUCE STRESS IS TO MEDITATE. ANOTHER WAY IS TO NOT LIVE UNDER A FASCIST GOVERNMENT. THIS HAS BEEN WELLNESS TIPS! Underneath the Welcome to Night Vale logo, a purple eye with a crescent moon in the pupil

Stress reduction

If by AWP you mean All Waffles & Pancakes then hell yeah I'm going to AWP.

A Review of The Golden Notebook — James H Duncan 29 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY Woodstock might seem like it’s a quiet rural community, but in the summer and fall months it becomes a touristy hot-spot, especially in the Hudson Valley’s beautiful ...

My write-up of The Golden Notebook in Woodstock, NY over at The Bookshop Hunter blog

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Open submission window coming soon, poetry and fiction, art and photos, with a theme of the American southwest.

A Review of Lake Bound Bookstore — James H Duncan 2878 NY-43, Averill Park, NY (really in Sand Lake, though) First impressions go a long way. It’s what this bookstore blog was originally based on: that initial feeling of wandering a shop with littl...

My write-up of the beautiful Lake Bound Bookstore in Averill Park/Sand Lake NY is over at The Bookshop Hunter blog

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A poem titled the postcard from the 2019 poetry collection by James Duncan titled Ferrell Kingdom

A poem from my 2019 collection Feral Kingdom

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