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A Village After Dark by Kazuo Ishiguro

In the story “A Village After Dark” by Kazuo Ishiguro a man comes back to the village where he used to live but nothing is the same.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Literature Leave a comment February 4, 2023 2 Minutes

Harold Brodkey New Yorker Digital Subscription

I can not read “Dying An Update” on the New Yorker Digital Subscription by Harold Brodkey.

Laurel Zito Internet Culture, Literature Leave a comment February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 3 Minutes

Delmore Schwartz and Jean Stafford

“Children are never bored on Sundays” by Jean Stafford is a fictional story about a woman who goes to the Metropolitan Art Museum in Manhattan. I take a deeper look into the character Eisenberg who was based on poet Delmore Schwartz.

Laurel Zito Literature, poems Leave a comment February 1, 2023February 2, 2023 6 Minutes

Yog-Sothoth Review

I look at a dipiction of Yog-Sothoth from the book The Gods of HP Lovecraft by Aaron J. French.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Literature Leave a comment December 19, 2022 3 Minutes

The Great Pyramid Monument

A book review of Solution 9: The Great Pyramid Book

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Internet Culture, Literature Leave a comment December 11, 2022 3 Minutes

What Is It All But Luminous: Notes from an Underground Man by Art Garfunkel

Book Review: Art Garfunkel Biography is more like a magazine article that will be recycled eventually and forgotten. This book is not a keeper.

Laurel Zito 70s music, Book Reviews, history, Internet Culture Leave a comment November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 3 Minutes

Five Years: Briefwechsel Book of Letters

Book Analysis annotations and translations

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Internet Culture, Literature Leave a comment November 15, 2022November 28, 2022 24 Minutes

Junky and Queer Characters and Joan

The books Junky and Queer by William S. Burroughs have a lot of interesting characters. Someone should create character list to keep track of them.

Laurel Zito Burroughs and Friends Leave a comment September 21, 2022September 25, 2022 4 Minutes

Against Nature Book Review

Against Nature is a book about a man's desire for total isolation. Of course, it did not work out. No man is an island. Read my review after you have read the book first, as it contains spoilers.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, history, Literature Leave a comment September 6, 2022 5 Minutes

Lunar Park Book Review

I thought at first I Lunar Park was better then Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis's first novel), but when it morphed into a horror novel it became unenjoyable.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Literature Leave a comment August 21, 2022August 21, 2022 3 Minutes

Literary Magazines

The New Yorker and The Paris Review Ideas for increasing readership of literary magazines.

Laurel Zito Literature Leave a comment July 27, 2022 3 Minutes

The Runaways and Cherie Currie Book Review

My impressions after reading and listening to the “Neon Angel Book”. I found the book to have a serious creditability issue. I never knew who the Runaways were at the time in which they were famous.

Laurel Zito 70s music, Book Reviews Leave a comment February 2, 2022February 9, 2022 11 Minutes

Lost in the Valley of Death: Book Review

Book Review Harley Rustad’s , “Lost in the Valley of Death.” Justin Alexander Shetler disappeared in India in 2016 while on a spiritual quest.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews Leave a comment January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 2 Minutes

Caffeine

I love the feeling of drinking coffee or tea but ultimately there is a price to pay.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Burroughs and Friends Leave a comment July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 2 Minutes

Oblivion Book Review

I found an essay by author Andrew Altschul on the story “The Suffering Channel” from the Book Oblivion by David Foster Wallace and it inspired me to take the essay a little bit farther with extrapolation.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, David Foster Wallace, Literature, Writers who committed suicide Leave a comment July 1, 2021July 2, 2021 6 Minutes

Audible Returns

Today I got banned from Audible Returns for 6 months in spite of being promised unlimited reviews book younger then one year. Audible invented this return policy and now they blame me for using it. How much time does one have to read and listen to books anyway in the modern age?

Laurel Zito Internet Culture, Literature Leave a comment May 26, 2021November 20, 2022 7 Minutes

Warhol by Blake Gopnik

My thoughts on the Andy Warhol Biography by Blake Gopnik titled "Warhol".

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Literature, Modern Art Leave a comment April 1, 2021April 14, 2021 6 Minutes

Shannen Doherty Badass Book Review

Shannen Doherty Book Badass is a Self Help Book published in 2010 and this is my review of it. Doherty played the iconic role of Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Literature Leave a comment February 25, 2021May 1, 2022 3 Minutes

Living In The Past

I've Seen the Future and I'm Not Going: The Art Scene and Downtown New York in the 1980s Book Review

Laurel Zito Art and Craft, Book Reviews, Literature, The 70s Leave a comment February 21, 2021March 11, 2021 4 Minutes

Idol Truth Book Review

Idol Truth is the story Leif Garrett's life and this is a book review.

Laurel Zito 70s music, Book Reviews Leave a comment February 12, 2021February 13, 2021 5 Minutes

King Woodleaf

An altered version of the poem by A. A. Milne, and a short story about Woodleaf.

Laurel Zito Fictional Stories, Literature, poems Leave a comment January 20, 2021May 1, 2022 6 Minutes

Remain In Love Book Review

Book Review of Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club by Chris Frantz who was the drummer in both bands. He is married to Tina Weymouth who was the bass player for the band.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, music Leave a comment January 6, 2021March 19, 2021 5 Minutes

He Who Dies Last Wins

Book Review Michael Kinsey on Competitive Longevity and Parkinson's Disease

Laurel Zito Book Reviews Leave a comment December 26, 2020March 26, 2021 5 Minutes

Angela King

Angela King was married to Eric Burdon in 1967, she left him for Jimi Hendrix in 1968. 20 years later she was murdered. But who was she really?

Laurel Zito Internet Culture, Literature, music 6 Comments September 17, 2020November 14, 2020 1 Minute

Charles Bukowski

Book Review of Charles Bukowski’s Hollywood

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Literature 6 Comments August 30, 2020September 25, 2020 2 Minutes

Blind Owl Book Review

Blind Owl died from an overdose on September 3, 1970. He is a member of the 27 Club.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Literature, music, The 70s Leave a comment August 14, 2020May 1, 2022 2 Minutes

As Needed For Pain Book Review

Who was the Rockstar in As Needed For Pain by Dan Peres? As Needed For Pain is a good book to read if you want to know more about addiction.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Burroughs and Friends Leave a comment June 24, 2020September 4, 2020 3 Minutes

Joelle Van Dyne based on Savannah

Was Infinite Jest Character Joelle based in part on Savannah?

Laurel Zito David Foster Wallace, Literature Leave a comment March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 1 Minute

The Shadow Over Innsmouth

The Shadow Over Innsmouth by HP Lovecraft and The Blue Fugates
The Blue Fugates of Kentucky may have been an inspiration for Lovecraft.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Literature Leave a comment February 24, 2020February 25, 2020 5 Minutes

Adam Henderson McNally Mystery

Reader Adam Henderson of McNally’s Mysteries Book Series is hard to find. I listened to him read audio books in the 90s.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Literature Leave a comment February 23, 2020September 4, 2020 1 Minute

Cracky Poems

Poems about Cracky the Parrot who was Woodleaf's Pet before he was sent to Cambodia

Laurel Zito Fictional Stories, poems Leave a comment January 27, 2020August 3, 2021 1 Minute

True Hallucinations by Terence McKenna

Book Review with Spoilers

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Gardening, Literature, The 70s, Travel 2 Comments August 8, 2019March 20, 2020 2 Minutes

Plants That Poison Book Review

Plants That Poison : An Illustrated Guide to Plants Poisonous to Man by Ervin M. Schmutz Book Review of a 70s botany book. A time capsule look inside.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Gardening, Humorous Gardening, The 70s Leave a comment August 2, 2019September 4, 2020 3 Minutes

First Impression Best Impression

When writing is unnecessarily over complicated it reduces the likelihood of being understood.

Laurel Zito Internet Culture, Literature, Twin Peaks Leave a comment July 19, 2019September 4, 2020 2 Minutes

Aliens Witness A Funeral

A Poem called “Aliens Witness A Funeral or Listen to the Aliens Laughing”

Laurel Zito Literature, poems Leave a comment July 13, 2019September 4, 2020 2 Minutes

Mary Queen of Scots a Real Life Soap Opera

We stop to consider the tragic life of Mary Queen of Scots and how it relates to 70s Music.

Laurel Zito 70s music, Days of Our Lives, history, Literature, music, The 70s, TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment June 14, 2019September 4, 2020 1 Minute

Nietzsche for Beginners Book Review

Nietzsche for Beginners is a graphic novel with ugly drawings published on cheap paper. I did not like it, and here is my negative review.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Internet Culture, Literature Leave a comment May 28, 2019November 20, 2022 1 Minute

To Cry You a Song

Jethro Tull broke up in 2012, but no one noticed

Laurel Zito 70s music, Burroughs and Friends, Internet Culture, music, The 70s Leave a comment May 4, 2019August 19, 2019 14 Minutes

This Woman Hates David Foster Wallace

Two online articles about David Foster Wallace are considered

Laurel Zito David Foster Wallace, Literature, Writers who committed suicide Leave a comment April 6, 2019September 4, 2020 6 Minutes

Ketamine Early Pioneers

In the 70s two Pioneers in Ketamine were Marcia Moore and John Lilly.

Laurel Zito Blogging, Book Reviews, Literature, The 70s Leave a comment April 4, 2019September 4, 2020 4 Minutes

A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces was rejected by Robert Gottlieb and caused the author to commit suicide.

Laurel Zito Literature, Writers who committed suicide Leave a comment March 13, 2019September 4, 2020 11 Minutes

Beastie Boys Book Review

Beastie Boys Book A Review

Laurel Zito Book Reviews Leave a comment January 28, 2019September 4, 2020 3 Minutes

Lost Book Found

Reviews of the films Lost Book Found and Wax

Laurel Zito Burroughs and Friends, Literature, TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment October 7, 2018September 4, 2020 3 Minutes

Woody Allen Movies and Existential Despair

Looking at Woody Allen's Best Movies and the works of Edward Lear with some minor movie spoilers

Laurel Zito Blogging, Literature, poems, TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment June 30, 2018September 4, 2020 3 Minutes

Concerning the Bodyguard

Concerning the Bodyguard by Donald Bartheleme is a short story told only as a series of questions. A short review with no spoilers.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Literature Leave a comment June 5, 2018September 4, 2020 2 Minutes

The Age of the Pussyfoot

The Age of the Pussyfoot Book Review Dystopian Science Fiction by Frederik Pohl

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Literature Leave a comment June 5, 2018January 24, 2022 6 Minutes

Ulysses and Infinite Jest

In this post we ask the question can Ulysses by James Joyce be compared to David Foster Wallace's book Infinite Jest?

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, David Foster Wallace, Literature Leave a comment June 3, 2018September 4, 2020 11 Minutes

Woody Allen vs Mia Farrow

Woody Allen vs Mia Farrow parallels the book Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Laurel Zito David Foster Wallace Leave a comment May 24, 2018May 14, 2021 9 Minutes

Notes of a Crocodile

Notes of a Crocodile Book Review with spoilers I discuss writers who committed suicide.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Literature, Writers who committed suicide Leave a comment April 23, 2018September 4, 2020 2 Minutes

David Foster Wallace Serial Killer

David Foster Wallace wrote a story about a serial killer. We consider the story in brief.

Laurel Zito David Foster Wallace Leave a comment April 19, 2018September 4, 2020 1 Minute

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