I'll try and get back to blogging on a more regular basis starting in November. A new cycle. 66 on the 20th. How many more years left? It has been a disappointing year in regards to my last book. 1 review. There must be less sales. I have to keep pushing ahead. I'm moving more toward erasure - family as well as friends. I'll try to give away much more items in 2017. No need to be going out as much as I've been doing. Each visit to a cafe is money out of my pocket. No need to do anymore networking. I'm amazed of how many people I just don't hear from anymore. Conversations followed by silence. The biggest lie anyone can make in life is claiming they love another person.

Good food at the Ben Tre restaurant located at 2418 Street, NW. Vietnamese Cuisine. Sunday to Thursday - 11am-11pm Friday/Saturday 11am-12-am. 202-827-8786

VOTE!

Early voting is open from 8:30 am to 7:00 pm and begins this Saturday, October 22, 2016, at One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW and then continues on Saturday, October 28, 2016, at 8 more locations including: Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW Columbia Heights Community Center, 1480 Girard St. NW Dorothy Height-Benning Library, 3935 Benning Rd. NE King Greenleaf Recreation Center, 201 N St. SW Malcolm X Elementary School, 1351 Alabama Ave. SE Sherwood Recreation Center, 640 10th St. NE Takoma Community Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW Turkey Thicket Recreation Center, 1100 Michigan Ave. NE

POETRY, PUBLISHING AND RACE Tuesday, October 18, 4:00 PM POETRY, PUBLISHING AND RACE Rob Casper, head of the Poetry and Literature Center, will lead a discussion with poets/editors Cathy Park Hong (New Republic), Don Share (Poetry Magazine), Evie Shockley (Feminist Studies), and Carmen Giménez Smith (Puerto del Sol/Noemi Press) on the ways poetry helps us navigate race in contemporary American culture. Location: Mumford Room, sixth floor, James Madison Building Contact: (202) 707-5394

THAT BOOK THING CALL LOVE

The problem with being a local author in Washington DC is that most bookstores don't display your books. Well, most don't even have a copy in stock. Many years ago I was a strong supporter of independent bookstores and looked to them before Amazon. Recently I discovered Walmart was selling my work. I've only been in a Walmart once in my life. What I find is that bookstores give you parties but they encourage you to take the last piece of cake (your book) when you leave.


As I move into the "Fall of life" I'm more concerned with building my archives and documenting my career than selling books. I'm happy that many copies of my titles are available in local libraries.

THAT BOOK THING CALL LOVE

The problem with being a local author in Washington DC is that most bookstores don't display your books. Well, most don't even have a copy in stock. Many years ago I was a strong supporter of independent bookstores and looked to them before Amazon. Recently I discovered Walmart was selling my work. I've only been in a Walmart once in my life. What I find is that bookstores give you parties but they you take the last piece of cake (your book) when you leave.


As I move into the "Fall of life" I'm more concerned with building my archives and documenting my career than selling books. I'm happy that many copies of my titles are available in local libraries.

RADIO DAYS

ON THE MARGIN (WPFW-FM 89.3) Thursday Mornings at 9AM.

The following people will be appearing on my radio show
during the month of October.

October 6: Jane Freundel Levey
Managing Editor of Washington History

October 13: John Cole
The Librarian of Congress Historian

October 20: Clarence Page
Journalist, Senior member of The Chicago
Tribune Editorial Board

October 27: Paul Buhle
Editor of The Encyclopedia of the American
Left (We wil be talking about C.L.R. James)