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What about local gazettes possibly appearing individually online--or in library directories--which may cover the field, but won't have widgets. Calling the Ghost Busters will not help, except if you think it will for momentary relief. Sorry about th…
My name is Don Marotta, originally from Philadelphia. I live in the Tri-Cities, TN
area. A book I authored was published and I continue to write, but less so. A cousin in Philadelphia was a theater producer, director, actor for many years and I am t…
I cannot see where promoting by hopping from bookstore to bookstore by land is helpful because of the physical exhaustion. I write from the perspective of an old guy not keen on traveling, and knowing more productive means--which require an author's…
I am wondering whether uploaded publishing and simultaneous hard copy publishing are possible with the author's owning the copyright. Reply without a publisher's bias if you are considering this. By uploaded publishing, I do not necessarily mean Ama…
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- At 11:30pm on June 16, 2009,
Lea Hamer Crandall said…
- Love it - want it - have it in me and it's just about ready to come out. I have a theory on why Southern women are so OVERLY accommodating, passive aggressive, pleasing to men and VIOLENTLY emotionally abusive towards themselves and specific children. Tragic, funny and at the same time very much the experience of a lot of the middle to upper class women born in the South East during the 1960's and 1970's.
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- Do not let a surgeon or doctor, minister, anyone, or anything remove your funny bone. If this has happened, find a friend who helps you reinstall it, and keep it close within you.
Don Marotta, MEd, M.A.
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June 6
I live near Roan Mountain and am working to complete two humor books. One of them, a result of my living in Appalachia, is now titled You Just Don't Know Hillbillies. The other makes light of antique furniture and balances it with new-tiques and others. I book I did with an illustrator is Prospecting for Old Furniture, a practical book for insuring quality in buying antique furniture.
I have degrees in counselor education from UFLA and English from ETSU, and have worked in mental health and teaching English. I have lived in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Staunton, VA, cities in Florida, and country areas. Humor of any kind interests me.
A woman from Indiana and I were talking about her parents while we were waiting on car repairs a few days ago. She said that when faced with the question of Alzheimers, her mother said, well no, she didn't have it, but she does have Sometimers.
I have benefited from Norman Cousins's books, including Anatomy of an Illness and Head First, which scrutinizes medical diagnoses. I also like The Laughter Prescription by Lawrence Peter and Bill Dana, much other humor writing and the work of The Association of Applied and Therapeutic Humor and The Humor Project. I would be interested in a joke or whatever you like.
Donald Marotta
marottadonald@gmail.com
(423) 725-3200
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June 6
I live near Roan Mountain and am working to complete two humor books. One of them, a result of my living in Appalachia, is now titled You Just Don't Know Hillbillies. The other makes light of antique furniture and balances it with new-tiques and others. I book I did with an illustrator is Prospecting for Old Furniture, a practical book for insuring quality in buying antique furniture.
I have degrees in counselor education from UFLA and English from ETSU, and have worked in mental health and teaching English. I have lived in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Staunton, VA, cities in Florida, and country areas. Humor of any kind interests me.
A woman from Indiana and I were talking about her parents while we were waiting on car repairs a few days ago. She said that when faced with the question of Alzheimers, her mother said, well no, she didn't have it, but she does have Sometimers.
I have benefited from Norman Cousins's books, including Anatomy of an Illness and Head First, which scrutinizes medical diagnoses. I also like The Laughter Prescription by Lawrence Peter and Bill Dana, much other humor writing and the work of The Association of Applied and Therapeutic Humor and The Humor Project. I would be interested in a joke or whatever you like.
Donald Marotta
marottadonald@gmail.com
(423) 725-3200
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Literary Reading/Signing
January 8, 2010 from 7pm to 8pm – Malaprop's Bookstore
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Graphic Novel Book Tour Featuring Hope Larson
February 21, 2010 from 2pm to 4pm – Spellbound
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Mary Adams's new chapbook COMMANDMENT
Started by Kathryn Stripling Byer in Poems 13 hours ago.
Asheville Poetry Review, 2009, Issue 19
Started by Rob Neufeld in AC-T Book Reviews 1 day ago.
"Second Wind" by Marlon Ferguson
Started by Marlon Ferguson in New WNC Books and Media Dec 13.
Book Reviews
Review-a-Day for Fri, Dec 18: Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard
Review-a-Day for Thu, Dec 17: Footnotes in Gaza: A Graphic Novel
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Mary Adams, Prof. of English at WCU, is one of the most gifted poets writing today. Her chapbook COMMANDMENT in the Laureate Chapbook Series from Spring Street Editions, in collaboration with Ash Creek Press in Portland, Oregon, is a stunning piece…
Sallie-loved reading about the old house and your memories. Makes me wish it was still there so I could drive into Hayesville and see it for myself.
Murphy 1930s Courtesy of Cherokee Co. Historical Museum
Last Christmas Pap loaned me a book someone had bought him, Stories Behind the Best Loved Songs of Christmas. He knew I'd find the history of the songs interesting and I did-but I was surpri…
Thanks Caralyn for your reply.
When will the next edition of The Great Smokies Review be published?
My name is Kenny Zachary Larue. Everybody calls me K.Z. though. When I was in school a bunch of stuck-up town kids kept followin’ me around and callin’ me “krazy, krazy, krazy larue.” They stopped that pretty quick though when I cut a couple of ‘em…
Asheville literary magazine continues to hold international standard
by Rob Neufeld
Welcome number nineteen— the latest issue of “Asheville Poetry Review,” a literary star for fifteen years now. Among the new APR’s 223 pages lie fifty-nine poems by…
December 2009
This list reflects recently published or re-issued books, and
their sales. For classics, see
Guide to WNC Literature. Books published within the last
three months are in boldface.
New to the list, Dec. 2009, not yet ranked
• The New…
Aunt Mamie and Uncle Early's Home..
Aunt Mamie, was my dad's oldest sister. She married Early Anderson and moved to Clay County. She came from a very Democratic family and Uncle Early was a Republican. This rather astonished my grandfather. He told…
What I'm reading now (actually what I just finished).
Just Passin’ Thru by Winton Porter (Menasha Press).
Since 2001, Winton has owned Mountain Crossings,
a combination hostel and outfitter shop on the Appalachian Trail
at the bottom of Blood Mount…
Joan Medlicott, author of A Blue and Gray Christmas at Accent on Books
December 18, 2009 from 4pm to 6pm
Joan Medlicott will sign copies of the latest book in her beloved Covington series.
Literary Reading/Signing at Malaprop's Bookstore
January 8, 2010 from 7pm to 8pm
Reading and signing of new book:
The Boy With A Tree Growing From His Ear And Other Stories
Novel that takes place in North Carolina in 1960, during and just after Hurricane Donna. The story concerns the adventures of a young man who enlists the aid of a Cherokee friend to steal the body of his older brother in order to fulfill the promise…
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