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A Wide, Trackless Space
August is Daily Nutmeg’s Summer Reading Month, and John Crowley is this week’s featured author. Please enjoy this excerpt from the prologue to Crowley’s latest novel, Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr (2017). (more…)
Some Unsuspected Mercy
August is Daily Nutmeg’s Summer Reading Month, and John Crowley is this week’s featured author. Please enjoy this excerpt from the prologue to Crowley’s latest novel, Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr (2017). (more…)
Piled with Unswallowed Stuff
August is Daily Nutmeg’s Summer Reading Month, and John Crowley is this week’s featured author. Please enjoy this excerpt from the prologue to Crowley’s latest novel, Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr (2017). (more…)
Elm City Whodunit
Peer into New Haven’s fictional case files with this page-turner, originally published September 19, 2012. A few years ago, the New Haven Free Public Library distributed a hand-out: “Check Out These (more…)
Elm City Whodunit
Last year, the New Haven Free Public Library distributed a hand-out: “Check Out These Connecticut Mystery Writers.” The list mentioned the action-packed police adventures penned by Andrew Gross (The Dark Tide) and David Handler (Shimmering Blonde Sister), Rosemary Harris’ stories of crimesolving gardener Paula Holliday and others. Of the seven writers mentioned by the library, […]
Hard Covers and Sliced Bread
If you think about it, books and sandwiches have a lot in common. The outside packaging may be attractive, but it’s the filling that matters. Dave Duda understands that you shouldn’t judge either a novel or a foodstuff by its cover. He’s been dealing with both for decades. First, he was a restaurant manager in […]
A Little Sunlight Reading
Despite the occasional frosty dip in the temperatures these past few weeks, Spring has assuredly sprung. New Haveners are strolling about the city parks again. Jogging. Bounding. Playing fetch with their pets. They’re also finding nice comfortable spots on benches or under trees to open up a good book. Here are some reading recommendations you might […]
The Penn is Mightier Than the Gore
“Speaking of radio, are these guys on the air? Is anyone on the air?” “Not in Connecticut. ‘Cuz, um, they’re all dead. Seventy-five percent of Connecticut is syndicated, Ivan. You know that.” — excerpt from DJZom-B & The Ungrateful Dead, by Vinnie Penn (2011, 23House Publishing) It’s a local broadcaster’s worst nightmare: dead air. Vinnie […]
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