Inkwell: Authors and Artists

    
Thanks you guys.

Looking forward to the Weinberger interview. It's a really good book, one 
of those books that are about way more than their subject.
  

    
Could you get the author to have the publisher send them?
  

    
Not always. The bigger the publisher, the less likely it is. 
  

    
I had written to TBTB about a new book to be scheduled in-- the second 
book by Trav S.D. about silent film comedy (his first one about vaudeville 
we did an interview about topic 263)

Who are the deciders now?
  

    
Suz Lipman, aka <sooz>, will be joining us here to discuss her new
book Fed Up With Frenzy, Slow Parenting in a Fast-Moving World, from
Oct. 4-18. We have five copies of the book to distribute free to people
who promise to participate in the discussion. E-mail me if you're
interested and you'll have a book before long. Thanks!
  

    
Email sent.  Would love to participate.
  

    
I look forward to a meaty discussion!
  

    
I am lining up my questions. Wish I could buy a copy of the book for every 
parent I know.
  

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Is it safe to assume that we'll soon be treated to another installment
of <bruces> and <jonl>'s annual State of the World?

I'm looking forward to it!
  

    
Yes Tomorrow!
  

    
Did you folks ever review Telegraph Avenue, by Michael Chabon?
  

    
No. We do conversations here, not reviews. Check <books.> for that.
  

    
The book did get some good discussion in the "books" conference in the 
"Michael Chabon" topic, 1573.
  

    
Thanks!
  

    
Richard Smoley will be discussing his book "The Supernatural" at
Inkwell  June 13-27. As always, we have review copies and need readers
who will commit to show up and join the discussion. Email me if you're
interested (preferred email is jon.lebkowsky@gmail.com). 

Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Supernatural-Writings-Unknown-Richard-Smoley/dp/03991618
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Here's the review posted at Amazon:

This gem-like, concise anthology provides thoughtful people with both
an introduction to the paranormal and a reason to take a fresh look at
it.

 Nostradamus...channeling...Atlantis...divination. Most serious people
consider such topics nonsense. But look again. Writing with
intellectual verve and a deeply critical mind, religious thinker
Richard Smoley explores and reconsiders the supernatural in history
and
today.

We are often conditioned to think of the Judeo-Christian tradition as
the only valid, historically accurate, and rational spiritual
philosophy. Occultism, magic, and the esoteric are, by contrast,
considered illegitimate, delusional, and lacking in intrinsic worth.
Supernatural challenges this prejudice, revealing that Western occult
traditions are richer and more historically impactful than most of us
imagine. The book reveals hidden diamonds and neglected ideas that
characterize the magical tradition in the West.

For any reader, at any level of experience, who has ever been curious
about an arcane subject – from psychical powers to secret societies –
here is a book that gives a complete yet precise, critical, yet
serious, and always respectful account of topics from the unseen
world.
Supernatural is a brilliant primer to the occult and magical
traditions of the West.
  

    
Jon Peddie will be discussing his new book The History of Visual Magic
in Computers on Inkwell, July 18 - August 1. Copies of his e-book are
available for interested readers.
  

    


Just a heads up that starting tomorrow in Inkwell, our guest will be
Sean Kay who will be joining us for a discussion on the
Russia/Crimea/Ukraine situation. Here is a bit about Sean:

Sean Kay is Robson Professor of Politics and Director of the Arneson
Institute for Practical Politics/International Studies at Ohio
Wesleyan University.  He is also an Associate of the Mershon Center for
International Security Studies at the Ohio State University and a
Foreign Policy Fellow at the Eisenhower Institute in Washington, D.C. 
He is a leading expert on American foreign and national security
policy with a long career of working on European security issues in
particular.  He was also an advisor to the Department of State on NATO
policy. He is a frequent expert commentator in American 
and international media and is the author of multiple books.

Please join the discussion starting tomorrow.
  

    
<http://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2014/05/review-and-giveaway-breathing-roo

m-open.html>

Above is a link to a review of Breathing Room, by Lauren Rosenfeld and
Dr. Melva Green. Lauren will be our Inkwell guest, starting tomorrow.
  

    

Sept 29th - Oct 12th we will be interviewing <chuck> about his
stories and memoir on life in a submarine. You can read his stories
at this website:

<http://forcesadrift.com>

Please read and join the conversation when it starts at the end of
the month.
  

    
Most excellent.
  

    
Great!
  

    
nice!
  

    
State of the World 2017 with Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky,
January 3-16 2017.

Our much anticipated annual event is almost here !! :)
  

    

we'll all bring our handbaskets!