by Jack Remick | Jul 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
by Jack Remick | Jun 11, 2015 | California, Central Valley, diaspora, San Francisco, The Book of Changes, The California Quartet, Trio of Lost Souls, Valley Boy
The California Quartet–It’s been a long journey from Coachella to Sacramento. From Eddie in The City to Vincent in the Speaker’s office smoking that cigar; from Ricky’s exodus out of the Valley to Cal to Beast’s blood rituals, it’s...
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...
by Jack Remick | Mar 7, 2014 | book reviews, Interviews and Readings, Jack Remick, Readings from Satori
Saint Teresa in Ecstasy Memory of Wood Painted Interior In Memory of MC Escher
by Jack Remick | Mar 2, 2014 | Accolades for the Author, Gabriela and The Widow, Jack Remick, Music of Writing, New Fiction, poetics of prose
I received this today from the Eric Hoffer Award panel: Dear Author/Publisher: Congratulations. As part of the Eric Hoffer Award, your book (Gabriela and The Widow, my emphasis) was nominated for the Montaigne Medal. Your book is still on track for a category prize,...
by Jack Remick | Jan 28, 2014 | poetics of prose, Writing Craft, Writing Techniques, Writing Theory
Writing the Way I See It ©2014 by Jack Remick (Note: I wrote this essay for a German e-zine called Haute Culture. They wanted something about the origin of The Weekend Novelist Writes a Mystery and a little bit about my ideas on why we write. The essay was to be...
by Jack Remick | Aug 1, 2013 | Accolades for the Author, Gabriela and The Widow, Writing Craft
Dear Jack, A warm welcome and congratulations to our 2nd Annual Hall of Fame finalists. Your book “Gabriela and the Widow” is a finalist for “Best Women’s Fiction”. To visit the book expo, please go...
by Jack Remick | Jul 17, 2013 | Accolades for the Author, California, Central Valley, Jack Remick, New Fiction, Press Release, The Book of Changes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Catherine Treadgold Publisher Coffeetown Press PO Box 70515 Seattle, WA 98127 206-414-7673 Catherine@CoffeetownPress.ComCoffeetownPress.com Coffeetown Announces the October Release of Jack Remick’s Novel about Berkeley in the 70s, The...
by Jack Remick | Jun 15, 2013 | California, Central Valley, New Fiction, San Francisco, Seattle's Literary Community, The Book of Changes
The Book of Changes, the third volume of The California Quartet, is in the chute and should arrive sometime in October, 2013. Here’s what you’ll get: The Book of Changes: (coming in October 2013 from Coffeetown Press.) “Beast” is a pure innocent with one...
by Jack Remick | Jan 24, 2013 | Seattle's Literary Community, Writing Craft, Writing Techniques, Writing Theory
Who Do You Listen To? After I came across a very brave and unique novel titled: Taliban Escape by Aabra which was reviewed in The Dark Phantom Review, I remembered an exchange I had with a fellow writer and former student. I want to post it here for anyone visiting...
