I first met Rene Dimanche Jr. through his visual art at the Urban League Black Fine Art Exhibit. Later I learned he is a fine actor as well. I saw him perform the role of George Wilcox in the First Run Theatre August production “The Seamstress of St. Francis Street” written by Mario Farwell and […]

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Antique figure of doctor in a lab coat studying an X-ray
(Enesco collectible from www.goantiques.com)
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Karim Khan (writing under the pen name Ernest Dempsey) has appeared on Riehlife before for a three-day spread when we discussed his book of brilliantly warped short-shorts called “The Biting Age.” Now he has a new book of poetry out titled “Islands of Illusion” and one of his poems is even being considered for nomination […]

Will bloggers form a professional association? This was one of the intriguing ideas set forth at the James C. Millstone Memorial Lecture hosted by William F. Woo’s wife Martha Shirk, a charming lady with girl-next-door good looks, and led by the editor of “Letters to the Editor: Lessons on Journalism and Life,” Phillip Meyer, whom, […]

Tonight I just came back from a presentation at my local library; I caught the tail end, and that may have been one of the juicer parts, who can say? The audience was primarily African-American and they were firing questions at the speaker in a hunger to know more about the continent the African part […]

I love open mics that celebrate literature more than the funny little egos who produce it. The Loud Mouth open mic at The Mac in South St. Louis last night sponsored by the St. Louis Writers Guild was of the first sort as we gathered to celebrate Kerouac’s “On the Road” as it turns 50…living […]

Last spring His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visited the Bay Area and gave extraordinary teachings on In Praise of Dependent Origination
Free audios (both downloads and online MP3 player) of these Dependent Origination teachings which His Holiness gave in San Francisco are now available in Tibetan and English translation. Click here.
The video recording on DVD […]

2007 DIY BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES WINNERS
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LOS ANGELES (October 20, 2007) _ Poet Mark Brunetti’s engaging “Airplane Lies and Other Poems Without A Home” was named Book of the Year for the 2007 DIY (Do It Yourself) Book Festival. Ex Machina Press was named DIY Publisher of the Year, while […]

Since “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” came out (read more on sidebar), I’ve made friends I’ve never met. That, for me, has been one of the best parts of becoming an author. One of those friends-from-afar (but closer now that I’m in St. Louis and he’s only in Nashville) is Hal Manogue.

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I first met Rochleigh Wholfe at Freida L. Wheaton Salon 53 grand opening “Home is where the art is” in early September which you can still read about in the Riehlife archives.
Rochleigh’s website features a gallery of her paintings which we can only hint at in our post today. Click here to go to […]