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Book – Updated Introduction and Scope
A single tree in the middle of an otherwise empty field. A creek covered with brush and fallen trees. A winter evening lit by distant stars. A death within your soul. The raven’s wing near your skin. A life lived within borders and confines, is still a life. But is that life near high levels…
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Return to the Wild
On November 25th 2014, PBS aired a documentary about Christopher McCandless titled “Return to the Wild”. It touches on more of the background and childhood of Chris and provides a great introduction to the book by his sister Carine McCandless “The Wild Truth”. Documentary “Return to the Wild“ Memoir “The Wild Truth“
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Movie – Everest
In the fall of 2015, a movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and based on the book “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer will be released. I have been a fan of Krakauer’s books since reading “Into the Wild” about Christopher McCandless. I have posted quite a bit about the story, the assumed motivations of Chris’ actions,…
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Book – The New New Journalism
I just learned of this book today, and really wish I had this as a resource a few years ago. Two of my favorite authors are interviewed in here: Jon Krakauer and Gay Talese. I have not read this yet, but will soon add this to the top of my reading list. From the description…
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Alan Kleiman – Reading
A note from Alan Kleiman, who we published in the Spring 2012 issue of Stone Path Review. His most recent book is “Grand Slam“. Ace Mulvahil – I’m happy to say that I (known as Alan Kleiman in the non FB world) will be reading my poetry at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond…
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Words and yet more words
In between Stone Path Review and writing, my stack of books to read has become a looming tower of words that is tormenting me everyday I slip into bed or open the office door. Three more books arrived and now it is time to start digging in. A couple of them I will review and…
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Book Review – Under the Wild Ginger
A book review that I completed for “Under the Wild Ginger”, by Jeffrey D. Willius, has been published by Edge Magazine. It can be read here: http://www.edgemagazine.net/2013/03/new-books-spring-2013/ Under the Wild Ginger, by Jeffrey D. Willius (Bunker Hill Publishing), 64 pages, $12.95, available at www.underthewildginger.com The first book from Minneapolis-based writer Jeffrey Willius introduces us to…