Author: Marc Jampole
Posts by Marc Jampole
What lies in store for the Silver brothers? Recovery or turmoil?
In this video, I answer the question, “What is The Brothers Silver about?” For more, link to thebrotherssilver.jampole.com/about-the-book/
Jampole’s deep and intense interest in the possibilities inherent in the use of the English language is evident from the very first page,” says Midwest Book Review about “The Brothers Silver”.
WINNING BY LOSING, LOSING BY WINNING
Coming from a family that prized athletic competition has made me often explore in fiction and poetry the differences and similarities between winning and losing, in sports and in other human endeavors. One notion that has haunted me is winning by losing, or losing by winning. Victories that cost the victors so much that they […]
Don’t assume the speaker of a poem is the author. often, it’s someone else; sometimes it’s many voices
One of the most central issues in writing anything is voice, at least for me. When beginning a piece, I always ask myself, who do I want to do the talking in this poem or story? Is it a man or a woman? How old? What are his or her major concerns? Quick to anger […]
PANDEMIC CULTURAL WARS DISTRACT US FROM OUR MANY WARS & OUR ENORMOUS MILITARY BUDGET
That health directives such as wearing masks and getting vaccinated have become battlefields in a cultural war against science has made for a continuing stream of headlines and analysis in the news media. Fighting (a term I use figuratively to connote political activism of all sorts, but not actual combat) the anti-science idiots is something […]
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REFLECTIONS ON THE GREAT WATER CYCLE AND THE DEATH OF A BROTHER ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO
We’re approaching the twentieth anniversary of the death of my younger brother Leslie, the result of brain injuries sustained from falling off a roof and landing on concrete. In contemplating his life and death, my mind always wonders what has happened to the people into whom his skin, bones, and kidneys were transplanted. That always […]
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Save the Day – June 6th, 7 PM EST – Zoom Book Launch Party for “The Brothers Silver” by Marc Jampole
Save the Day – June 6th, 7 PM EST – Zoom Book Launch Party for “The Brothers Silver” by Marc Jampole Save the Date: June 6th Zoom Book Launch Party for “The Brothers Silver” A new novel by Marc Jampole published by Owl Canyon Press Date: SUNDAY, JUNE 6TH Time: 7:00 PM EST […]
Save the Day – June 6th, 7 PM EST – Zoom Book Launch Party for “The Brothers Silver” by Marc Jampole
Save the Day – June 6th, 7 PM EST – Zoom Book Launch Party for “The Brothers Silver” by Marc Jampole Save the Date: June 6th Zoom Book Launch Party for “The Brothers Silver” A new novel by Marc Jampole published by Owl Canyon Press Date: SUNDAY, JUNE 6TH Time: 7:00 PM EST (6:00 […]