I saw Vincent Bugliosi speak at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco this week. He was in town to talk about his new book that claims Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. For the last eight years, Bugliosi has worked on the book, entitled "Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy." In his book, Bugliosi laughs at all of the conspiracy theories associated with the JFK assassination. "Pure moonshine," he calls them. Mr. Bugliosi, 72, the former Los Angeles County deputy district attorney who won a conviction of Charles Manson... Read More

I don't know if it is truly rare to meet an incredibly deep person, or an abnormally sensitive or intelligent one. Somewhere I think we all possess mountains of these wonderful qualities which define us as a community of humans. What I will say is this: it is unbelievably rare to find a person who, through deep soul searching, introspection, and tireless scrutiny of the outside world has managed to raise from the depths so much of himself and make what most of us feel as subconscious or barely cogniscent float so close to the surface. It is a rare gift to truly be able to share of oneself;... Read More

I like to read. A lot. And there used to be a time when I would read ANYTHING just to keep my mind busy ... well, reading. That's how Neil Gaimans's books happened to me. I stumbled upon "Good Omens" (written with Terry Pratchett), and God did I laugh ! I read it, and read it again a few more times, then passed on to read other books. A few years later, I noticed Gaiman was mentionned a few times in several magazines or websites I happened to read at the time. Thus began my Quest for Neal Gaiman's Books. There's Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys ... What's so interesting... Read More

Six years have passed since The House Of Leaves, written by Mark Z. Danielewski, was published. This amazing novel, ignoring all the conventions of classical literature, quickly became a cult favorite. By using different page layouts, fonts, long footnotes, and even footnotes inside of footnotes, Mark Z. Danielewski took his readers into a labyrinth, his "house of leaves", from which you could only escape by turning the book upside down, literally. His work has been described as a "satire of academic criticism" and an "existentialist horror novel" by various critics. Danielewski, a USC alumni,... Read More

“Edielou Zingarella chose not to marry. Among the possible reasons for avoiding it, she cited neither lack of time nor interest. Indeed, she gave it a great deal of careful thought, sitting up nights for almost two weeks adding and subtracting the numbers, figuring the rate of interest and upkeep costs. She figured the capital lost to the bartenders and the local pool sharks, clothing for the mistress and flowers for the funeral following the discovery of his infidelity…and it just didn’t add up…all that waste was just too much for a well-ordered fiscal mind. In the end, every indication pointed... Read More

“Writing this now in a rainy light after loss upon loss, a memory comes to me. When I was a teenager, I took voice lessons from Ruth Havstad Almandinger, who gave me exercises and songs I hardly ever practiced. I have wondered why this memory has so suddenly come to me now, and why this, the only song I remember, comes back to me whole and complete:

“Oh! my lover is a fisherman/ and sails on the bright blue river In his little boat with the crimson sail/ sets he out on the dawn each morning With his net so strong/ he fishes all the day long And many are the fish he gathers Oh! My lover... Read More

Thank you for taking your time for an interview here at Broowaha. It’s my pleasure to be ‘meeting’ Neil Cullan McKinlay, author of From Mason to Minister: Through the Lattice. Would you mind telling readers here about yourself?

I’m a man in his mid-fifties who delights in playing soccer (football) as much as sitting with my nose in a good book or enjoying a good meal. I’ve been married to Dorothy for thirty years and we have three grown up and married daughters, one two year old grandson (he’s brilliant!) and another grandchild on the way. I enjoy reading and writing, mostly things of... Read More