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Year in Review: Shooting My Mouth Off in 2020, Part 2

Here’s part 1, a list of things I’ve written for other outlets. This list, then, is a hodge-podge of the things I’ve written here this year. Anyone familiar with this joint knows that I do tribute posts for people’s birthdays. … Continue reading

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Recommended Books: Non-Fiction

I have been meaning to do a Part 2 to my Recommended Books: Fiction list – put together years ago. I wanted to recommend non-fiction, from history books to biographies to essays to whatever. Here is the Non-Fiction list. I’ve … Continue reading

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#tbt Play ball

My brother and me in the front yard, getting ready to go to a picnic with our group of friends in a nearby park. We’re in our late teens. Baseball was on the menu. I have no idea why the … Continue reading

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The Books: Baseball: A Literary Anthology; Excerpt from Baseball When the Grass Was Real, “James ‘Cool Papa’ Bell”, by Donald Honig

A re-post for Cool Papa Bell’s birthday On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Baseball: A … Continue reading

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The Books: Baseball: A Literary Anthology; from “Head Down”, by Stephen King

On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Baseball: A Literary Anthology Stephen King is a famous … Continue reading

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The Books: Baseball: A Literary Anthology; from The Autobiography of Leroi Jones, by Amiri Baraka

On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Baseball: A Literary Anthology Amiri Baraka (née Leroi Jones) … Continue reading

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The Books: Baseball: A Literary Anthology; from The Wrong Season, by Joel Oppenheimer

On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Baseball: A Literary Anthology Joel Oppenheimer was a Village … Continue reading

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The Books: Baseball: A Literary Anthology; from Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?, by Jimmy Breslin

On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Baseball: A Literary Anthology Everyone knows who Jimmy Breslin … Continue reading

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The Books: Baseball: A Literary Anthology; from God’s Country and Mine, by Jacques Barzun

On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Baseball: A Literary Anthology Some of the essays in … Continue reading

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The Books: Baseball: A Literary Anthology; from Tallulah, by Tallulah Bankhead

On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Baseball: A Literary Anthology Tallulah Bankhead’s autobiography, Tallulah: My … Continue reading

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