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Masjid Morning – “Powerful novel about hate and intolerance” – K. Cunningham
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Canoedling in Cleveland – “A touching coming-of-age-tale” – Stanford Pritchard, novelist, poet, playwright.
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Well Considered–“A profoundly memorable and affecting novel”–Robert Fleming, AALBC.com
Available at Busboys and Poets Bookstore, Franklins General Store, TeachingForChange.org, iUniverse.com, BarnesAndNoble.com, Amazon.com, and other online bookstores and by phone at 1-800-288-4677.Reviews for Well Considered: Click to see full review or hover for summary
Cologne No. 10 For Men – “A superb novel of the Vietnam war…compares favorably with CATCH-22 and M.A.S.H. The writing crackles with authenticity.” —Writer’s Digest
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"I love the way Wilfred recycles the bodies. That's fabulous stuff with a direct line to Heller's Catch-22 and perfectly captures the insanity of the Vietnam War."Skytroopers CD – Songs of war, peace and love from Vietnam, written by Richard Morris in 1967 in Vietnam, and recorded in 2007.
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Monthly Archives: August 2014
I Love Girls Who Love Being Smart
This year, the National Book Festival was inside at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in D.C. to save the grass on the mall. It was on one day, Saturday, instead of two, Saturday and Sunday, and it was mobbed. … Continue reading
Undaunted … we move forward to battle …
Undaunted (by the rain), throngs of people moved across the bridge and past our tent, hurrying to battle – the reenactment of the 1814 Battle of Bladensburg, when British troops overwhelmed our forces and raced into Washington, D.C. to burn … Continue reading
Posted in Relating to Canoedling in Cleveland, Relating to Cologne No. 10 for Men, Relating to Well Considered, Uncategorized
Tagged Audrey Engdahl, Battle of Bladensburg Festival, Bladensburg, Canoedling In Cleveland, Catch 22, Cologne No. 10 For Men, hogsheads, Iraq, ISIS, Maryland history, November elections, tobacco, Undaunted Weekend, undeclared war, war, War of 1812, well considered
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Ferguson and the racial divide
The riots in Ferguson, Missouri, this week bring to mind the Hough riots in Cleveland in 1966. (Won’t our country ever change?) Both Ferguson and the Hough section of Cleveland had recently changed from nearly all-white to mostly African-American, but their police forces remained … Continue reading
Undaunted … at Port o’ Bladensburg
A few years ago in the midst of our urban surroundings less than two miles from where we live, we discovered the seaport of Bladensburg and I wrote one of my most popular blog posts https://richardmorrisauthor.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/a-heron-on-the-anacostia/. We enjoyed imagining sailing … Continue reading
Posted in Relating to Well Considered, the novel
Tagged Astrodon Johnstoni dinosaur, Bladensburg Waterfront Park, burning of Washington, Charles Grafton Page, D.C. in 1812, electromagnetic locomotive test run, seaport of Bladensburg, telegraph inventor, Undaunted Weekend/Battle of Bladensburg, War of 1812 Battle of Bladensburg, world's first unmanned balloon launch
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Updating Howard Zinn
Our Busboys and Poets Book Club meets monthly in the Howard Zinn Room at the BB&P restaurant in Hyattsville under a remarkable mural painted by BB&P owner Andy Shallal. The mural was inspired by Langston Hughes’ poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”. Four … Continue reading
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Tagged A People's History of the United States, Andy Shallal, Busboys and Poets Book Club @ Hyattsville, economic struggles, employment, Howard Zinn, Howard Zinn room, Langston Hughes, politics, popular movements, strikes, The Negro Speaks of Rivers, U.S. History 2000-2014, war
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