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‘I have killed my books’

October 17, 2018June 9, 2021Alma Alexander

A reprint of a blog from four years ago This story by Linda Grant about culling her library in a move, fills me with superstitious fear. I go to my…Continue reading‘I have killed my books’

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Can you translate the untranslatable?

October 10, 2018June 9, 2021Alma Alexander

I have two new books out. Or more precisely, Crossroad press has just released one brand-new collection of short stories, “Untranslatable“, and is republishing my novel “Midnight at Spanish Gardens.”…Continue readingCan you translate the untranslatable?

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Greatest Love Story Ever Told

October 3, 2018June 9, 2021Alma Alexander

Empress – The rest of the story “However it occurred…[their meeting] appears to have been a love-at-first-sight thunderbolt. It is worth remembering that among the tons of invective poured over…Continue readingGreatest Love Story Ever Told

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The fearful power of story

September 27, 2018June 9, 2021Alma Alexander

You come up against it in a story somewhere and the hair on the back of your neck stands up – you have just come face to face with Power.…Continue readingThe fearful power of story

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Your Brain Will Explode

September 25, 2018June 9, 2021Alma Alexander

Any occasion where a D.B. Jackson novel is unveiled would be notable. His new work involves that most headache-inducing of concepts, Time Travel. And here he is, to tell you…Continue readingYour Brain Will Explode

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“For you are everywhere…” Still

September 24, 2018June 9, 2021Alma Alexander

I went to see “Shape of Water” when it was on cinema release last December and when I came home I wrote an essay/review on it which has become the…Continue reading“For you are everywhere…” Still

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Confessions of an Author

September 19, 2018June 9, 2021Alma Alexander

The sometimes bizarre world of a writer 1. There are times that I have sat and watched words I am typing appear on the screen and not recognized them. That’s…Continue readingConfessions of an Author

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The books that formed me

September 12, 2018June 9, 2021Alma Alexander

A perennial question from interviewers is a variation of what books were important to me growing up or becoming a writer. In short, which books were formative. There are a…Continue readingThe books that formed me

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The 10 Commandments…

September 5, 2018June 9, 2021Alma Alexander

…of Coyote, the Trickster Coyote the Trickster is one of the most layered and amazing characters ever to inhabit the lore and mythology and folk tales and legends of humankind.…Continue readingThe 10 Commandments…

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Email and existence

August 29, 2018June 9, 2021Alma Alexander

If we aren’t connected to the Internet, do we exist? photo by yatharth roy vibhakar All of us in the cyberworld have an umbilical to the Internet and panic if…Continue readingEmail and existence

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