Category Archives: Writing

Frankenstein Deluxe

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

To commemorate the bicentennial of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein  this year, Les Éditions des Saints Pères in Paris has published a limited edition, deluxe facsimile of the original manuscript in the author’s own handwriting. “Frankenstein is a canon in the history of … Continue reading →

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April Is The Cruelest Month

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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Cultivating Readers

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

With an entirely new crop of babies arriving in our family this year, I have been focused again on the importance of starting early reading to children. Research has clearly shown that reading to and with children from birth and throughout childhood … Continue reading →

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Dublin in the Drizzle

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

The 2018 winner of the Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year award is Manus Boyle Tobin. His short story “Drizzle on the Windscreen” is a single sentence narrative about a homeless Dublin taxi driver. Tobin has said that his … Continue reading →

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Philadelphia Stories

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

About three years ago I did a post on the introduction of Short Édition short story dispensing machines in France. These brilliant kiosks provide users with one, three, or five minute reads on slim receipt-like paper strips for free. Last week, the Free … Continue reading →

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When The Spring Came

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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Drunks in doorways, Moons on trees

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

This  Monday, Bill Murray popped-up at SXSW in Austin, Texas for an impromptu street poetry reading of the great Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s short work “Dog”. The reading was not spontaneous, but part of a national promotional campaign for director … Continue reading →

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Through me forbidden voices

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, illustrator Rockwell Kent  

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Blade Runner 1968

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

The Folio Society, 2017, Illustrations by Chris Skinner and Andrew Archer

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Spy vs Spy

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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