“Maps of Fallen Skies” was written after a strange fever-dream. When I woke up, drenched in sweat with a Nyquil hangover, I had this weird feeling that my “real life” was on “pause” somewhere, just waiting for me to get back to it. I grabbed a notebook and wrote this down in five minutes without [...]
Poetry from Stripmine
NOTE: This is a poem from Stripmine, a book of poetry and essays I’m publishing online and in print. I’m doing some limited-edition books–each one is one-of-a-kind, unique, hand-lettered titles, heavy paper, textured inserts, signed and numbered, etc. They are available for $50. Email gregorypurvis@live.com for details. “Blur” is written “in character” and relates a [...]
November 22, 2009
Categories: Book Reviews/Criticism, Fiction, Nonfiction and Antifiction, Reviews and Criticism . Tags: African American ghost stories, Atlanta, Deep South, dirty south, dirty south poetry, East Point, ghost poems, ghost stories, haunted Atlanta, haunted places, haunted poems, poetry, southern haunts . Author: Gregory Purvis . Comments: Leave a Comment
BURNING LOVE: The Gargoyle
Burning Love: The Gargoyle (by Andrew Davidson / Doubleday / 2008)
Review By Gregory Purvis
I don’t read as much fiction as I used to. Sometimes I think about how silly that sounds; kind of like:
I don’t boot as much black tar heroin as I used to.
For a fiction writer, shouldn’t I regard keeping up [...]
October 25, 2008
Categories: Book Reviews/Criticism . Tags: Alobar, Books, Burn victims, Der Bibel, Gargoyle, History of Printing, Jitterbug Perfume, Kudra, Marianne Engel, Medeival Books, Medeival German Nune, Medical Novels, Middle Ages, New Novels, Novels about fire, Nuns, Religious Orders in Medeival Europe, Scriptorium, Stephen King, Tom Robbins . Author: Gregory Purvis . Comments: Leave a Comment
