by Jack Remick | Dec 20, 2018 | California, Central Valley, Uncategorized, Valley Boy, Writing Craft, Writing Techniques
Fugue in D minor, no score, furious. As she played, Teresa no longer saw notes, the flow of the music came and she did not look at her hands, she never looked at her hands. She did not want the flesh to be in the music but to be the channel that spoke to her and that...
by Jack Remick | Dec 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
2314 “Well,” Tim said,” this ought to satisfy your medieval soul.” Fate had determined that I would live in this castle with its tower. It was that simple—I was going to live in a keep. If you looked down Dwight Way, you saw the Bay and the Bridge and the sunlight...
by Jack Remick | Oct 11, 2018 | Citadel, Uncategorized
5.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling. Fast moving. Gripping. By Priscilla Long on October 10, 2018 Format: Paperback Thrilling, fast moving, and gripping. A big novel in the grip of big ideas. And yes, violent. The violence of men toward women and the violence of the women...
by Jack Remick | May 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
S.B. VPMR As my mother, VPMR, lay dying, I researched the state of elder care in the United States. I was disgusted. At the same time I also came to understand Samuel Beckett’s art in a way I had never before. To age in America is to lose pieces of oneself until there...
by Jack Remick | Jan 25, 2015 | Uncategorized, Wisdom in the 21st Century
This is the Introduction to Pig Iron 18, published in 1992. I’m posting in response to Molly Best Tinsley’s reaction to the Republican Senate’s finding that Humans have not caused climate change. Molly’s observation is that her garden thinks...
