Literary magazines live! In print (Local Knowledge 2) and online (Talisman 43). Both new issues include work by both Basil King and Martha King. Rarely together in print if frequently together day by day. They include more of Basil’s “Learning to … Read More
November 6 at 6:30. Basil will read from his new book, The Spoken Word/The Painted Hand (Marsh Hawk Press, 20l4*) and his old friend Hettie Jones will read some of her not-yet published short fictions. They are both being presented … Read More
Three trips this summer: 1) To Sag Harbor, where the factory in which a large cohort of young working women licked the brushes they used to paint glow-in-the-dark watch faces. They later died horribly of radium poisoning, their teeth more … Read More
October 17: Sussex University; October 24: Brookes Oxford First of all, Brookes Oxford is a new university in Oxford, not the ancient dreaming spires establishment. It was named in 1992 to honor its first principal … but was previously known … Read More
October 11, 23, and 26 Are there old trees in Brooklyn? Yes, but not quite like these– An oak in the Archbishop of Canterbury’s garden. We were taken there by our friend poet Elaine Randall, who is among other things … Read More
October 23, 2013, outside Oxford No visit to the UK without looking for the Green Man. On this day we had the kind assistance of Rebsie Fairholm, the graphic designer for Basil’s publisher, Skylight Press. From Rebsie’s blog ( http://sulismanoeuvre.blogspot.com/ ) … Read More
Questions asked October 10 and 11 Why did you start writing so late? (In 1985 Baz was 50 years old.) I had one abortive attempt after another from the time … Read More
October 10, 2013: A train from London to Canterbury where Elaine Randall and Ian Rose met us, stashed our heavy bags in their car, and took us over (in the rain) to The Good Shed –a marvelous combo of farmer’s … Read More