Solace in a Book

In appreciation of bowling: Mash note to a great sport

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Hey there-- It's the first night of the season! Happy League night! Peace, love, and solace     Mash note to a great sport (for the team and Ann) Hey Bowling, I love you – you big lug. So straightforward anyone can play, More understanding than any other guy, you reward a striking performance, even give me a second chance. You big galoot, I like how you’re down to earth, how I have to come to a noisy alley, how you let me know it’s … [Read more...]

A book, an essay, and a call

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Happy Autumn! Big congrats to Solace in So Many Words contributor Joe Meno who has a new book (his ninth). It's called Marvel and A Wonder (from Akashic Books).  It's gotten great reviews from various readers, from MTV News to Library Journal. Booklist gave it a starred review: “Evoking William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy, Meno’s suspenseful, mordantly incisive, many-layered tale can also be read as an equine Moby-Dick. As he tracks the bewildering seismic shifts under … [Read more...]

Commiseration

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Last week was National Suicide Prevention Week.   I should have posted this poem then. No matter. I offer it to anyone who has screwed up, to anyone who feels shame so deep they don't know how to get out from under it.  I'm rooting for you. Commiseration This poem is for those who have whispered in desperate urgency: “Let me get away with it this time.” Perhaps finished this invocation with a promise to change: “Lord,” you may have called upon a power … [Read more...]