Part 27 (2/2)
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ARTHUR N NERSESIAN is the author of six novels, including is the author of six novels, including Suicide Casanova, Chinese Takeout, Unlubricated Suicide Casanova, Chinese Takeout, Unlubricated, and the cult cla.s.sic bestseller The f.u.c.k-Up The f.u.c.k-Up. The former managing editor of the Portable Lower East Side Portable Lower East Side, he currently lives in New York City.
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CHRIS N NILES was born in New Zealand. In the last fifteen years she has lived in Australia, England, and Hungary. She now lives in Brooklyn and does not intend to move for a very long time. She is also the author of was born in New Zealand. In the last fifteen years she has lived in Australia, England, and Hungary. She now lives in Brooklyn and does not intend to move for a very long time. She is also the author of h.e.l.l's Kitchen h.e.l.l's Kitchen (Akas.h.i.+c, 2001), as well as a series of crime mysteries featuring radio reporter Sam Ridley: (Akas.h.i.+c, 2001), as well as a series of crime mysteries featuring radio reporter Sam Ridley: Spike It, Run Time Spike It, Run Time, and Crossing Live. Crossing Live.
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SIDNEY O OFFIT is a novelist, author of books for young readers, teacher, member of the board of the PEN American Center, president of the Authors Guild Foundation, and curator of the George Polk Journalism Awards that originate from Long Island University's Brooklyn center. During the mid-fifties he covered the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, and that other team from New York for is a novelist, author of books for young readers, teacher, member of the board of the PEN American Center, president of the Authors Guild Foundation, and curator of the George Polk Journalism Awards that originate from Long Island University's Brooklyn center. During the mid-fifties he covered the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, and that other team from New York for Baseball Magazine. Baseball Magazine. His most recent book is His most recent book is Memoir of the Bookie's Son Memoir of the Bookie's Son [image]
NEAL P POLLACK is the author of three books: the cult clas-sic is the author of three books: the cult clas-sic The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature, Beneath the Axis of Evil The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature, Beneath the Axis of Evil, and the rock 'n' roll novel Never Mind the Pollacks Never Mind the Pollacks A regular contributor to A regular contributor to Vanity Fair, GQ Vanity Fair, GQ, and many other magazines, Pollack lives in Austin, Texas.
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C.J. SULLIVAN lived in Brooklyn on the Ridgewood/Bushwick border for seven years and loved the neighborhood. He has worked as a Court Clerk in Brooklyn Supreme since 1994. He has also been a freelance writer for the last ten years. Sullivan has a regular column in the lived in Brooklyn on the Ridgewood/Bushwick border for seven years and loved the neighborhood. He has worked as a Court Clerk in Brooklyn Supreme since 1994. He has also been a freelance writer for the last ten years. Sullivan has a regular column in the New York Press New York Press called ”The Bronx Stroll.” He now lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey with his wife Lisa and his twin daughters, Olivia and Luisa. called ”The Bronx Stroll.” He now lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey with his wife Lisa and his twin daughters, Olivia and Luisa.
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HEART OF THE OLD COUNTRY by Tim McLoughlin *A Barnes & n.o.ble Discover Great New Writers selection*
217 pages, a trade paperback original, $14.95, ISBN: 1-888451-15-7 ”This novel reads like an inspired cross between Richard Price's Bloodbrothers Bloodbrothers and Ross McDonald's and Ross McDonald's The Chill The Chill.”
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h.e.l.l'S KITCHEN by Chris Niles 279 pages, a trade paperback original, $15.95, ISBN: 1-888451-21-1 ”If the Olympics come to New York, apartment-hunting should be one of the events ... Nile's fast-paced h.e.l.l's Kitchen h.e.l.l's Kitchen plays with the city's famed high rents and low vacancy rate to put a new spin on the serial-killer novel. Taking aim at contemporary romance, the media, the idle rich, and would-be writers, Niles has written a thriller that's hilarious social satire.” plays with the city's famed high rents and low vacancy rate to put a new spin on the serial-killer novel. Taking aim at contemporary romance, the media, the idle rich, and would-be writers, Niles has written a thriller that's hilarious social satire.”
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MANHATTAN LOVERBOY by Arthur Nersesian *From the author of the bestselling cult-cla.s.sic THE f.u.c.k-UP*
203 pages, a trade paperback original, $13.95, ISBN: 1-888451-09-2 ”Manhattan Loverboy is paranoid fantasy and fantastic comedy in the service of social realism, using the methods of L. Frank Baum's is paranoid fantasy and fantastic comedy in the service of social realism, using the methods of L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz or Kafka's or Kafka's The Trial The Trial to update the picaresque urban chronicles of Augie March, with a far darker edge ...” to update the picaresque urban chronicles of Augie March, with a far darker edge ...”
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A PHAT DEATH by Norman Kelley 260 pages, a trade paperback original, $14.95, ISBN: 1-888451-48-3 ”Nina Halligan takes on the recording industry and black music in Norman Kelley's third outrageous caper to feature the bad girl PI ... Once again outspoken social criticism fires the nonstop action.”
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THE BIG MANGO by Norman Kelley The second installment in the Nina Halligan mystery series 270 pages, a trade paperback original, $14.95, ISBN: 1-888451-10-6 ”Want a scathing social and political satire? Look no further than Norman Kelley's second effort featuring 'bad girl' African-American PI and part-time intellectual Nina Halligan-it's X-rated, but a romp of a read ... Nina's acid takes on recognizable public figures and inst.i.tutions both amuse and offend ... Kelley spares no one, blacks and whites alike, and this provocative novel is sure to attract attention.”
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BLOOD SUGAR by Nicole Blackman 160 pages, a trade paperback; $13.95, ISBN: 1-888451-34-3 ”[Blackman's] best work is a shadow-strewn kaleidoscope of angst, anguish and survivors.h.i.+p ... Amazingly, for all the fury in these poems, they are devoid of hatred, and as a result, their ultimate impact is less paralyzing than cathartic.”
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