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Author Interview: Mike Dash (Part 2)
(Read Part 1 here.) Brendan: This is an interesting question for you, especially talking about your process and everything, and doing this for so many years, and your life’s…
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Author Interview: Mike Dash (Part 1)
One of the great gifts of being the youngest of three boys is a total lack of shame. It was beaten out of me years ago. This allows me to…
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Tulipomania by Mike Dash
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Tulipomania: A book. About a flower. And I liked it. Quick synopsis: The history of tulipomania. What the hell is that? In 1630s Netherlands, they really…
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Batavia’s Graveyard by Mike Dash
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Batavia’s Graveyard: Well, this escalates quickly. Quick synopsis: The story of the Dutch ship, the Batavia in 1628. Oh, that doesn’t sound interesting? How about the…
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Random Musing: On Dating
What’s this musing about: Dating used to be a lot less complicated. I got separated recently (sad trombone music). It is a traumatic experience for a lot of reasons. The…
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The Man Who Caught the Storm- Brantley Hargrove
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Man Who Caught the Storm: Don’t go into a tornado. It’s a bad idea. Quick synopsis: The story of Tim Samaras who was a famous…
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My Personal History: The War At Home – Requiem
When I originally wrote, “The War at Home,” I was in a strange place. It began as a way of putting my thoughts on paper. I had many conversations where…
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Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Ghost Soldiers: You’ll cancel your hibachi reservation after reading this. Quick synopsis: The story of the jailbreak for the survivors of the Bataan Death March. Fun…
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My Personal History: The War at Home
I’m a combat veteran and one of the things I did when I got home was try to put the feelings of coming home to paper. It was strange rereading…
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