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Year-end news: Boyle, Meno, Levine, Somlo, Cleary, Newman

12/31/2015 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Year-end news: Boyle, Meno, Levine, Somlo, Cleary, Newman

Hey there. Hope your Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus was wonderful. The end of the year always brings out the "best of" lists. Solace in So Many Words contributors made a few of these T. C. Boyle’s novel The Harder They Come was named the best novel (700 pages or shorter) by Newsweek.  It was also named one of the best books of the year by The Express, by the San Francisco Chronicle, and other publications.  Also this year, T. C. Boyle  served as guest editor for The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 2015, A Few Stray Leaves, Anthology, Contributors, Daniel Cleary, Ellen Wade Beals, Joe Meno, Literary Hub, Marvel and A Wonder, My Name is Aviva, Patty Somlo, Philip Levine, Photography, Poetry, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, T. C. Boyle, The Harder They Come, Weighed Words

T. C. Boyle and a poem

04/30/2015 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

T. C. Boyle and a poem

Howdy-do friends.  May tomorrow! May tomorrow bring you happiness. Solace in So Many Words has many fine contributors but not many have made the best-seller list yet, that is, except for T. C. Boyle. His  latest book The Harder They Come is  #3 on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List. (BTW, it makes a great Mother’s Day present.) The Los Angeles Times gives out Book Prizes during its Festival of Books and on April 18,  T. Coraghessan Boyle took home the  Robert Kirsch … [Read more...]

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Death of a legend, contributor news, new call for submissions

01/28/2015 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Death of a legend, contributor news, new call for submissions

Hey there sports fans.  If you are into baseball, I‘ve got to think you’re mourning the death of the great Ernie Banks, #14. His face as a rookie ballplayer, which graced the front pages of the papers in Chicago, is something to behold: there’s a purity there not seen often. It shines through. Beautiful. It struck me because Sunday’s Chicago Tribune covered the death of Chicago’s hometown legend in the front pages and back in the sports pages too while the arts section … [Read more...]

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