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Net Worth
7March 24, 2013 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)
Readers of my posts or my fiction may think that I am all over the place mentally, emotionally, procedurally…nothing could …
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The breath of death
Leave a commentMarch 19, 2013 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)
“An achievement in art or in letters grows more interesting when we perceive its connections.” Henry James. In honor of …
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A Small Boy
8March 14, 2013 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)
A couple of days ago the book “The novels of Henry James” by Edward Wagenknecht arrived at my door. My …
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Linguistic Cross-Dressing
2March 6, 2013 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)
«If I cannot love the typical modern German, I can at least pity and understand him. His worst fault is …
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Writing As Time Travel
9February 20, 2013 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)
I’m interested in the concept of time that dominates the user interface of Facebook. Unless I’m very different from everyone …
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Summoning Stein — feel the love
2February 3, 2013 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)
…a while back on Facebook, when a writer friend said she had difficulty reading Stein after which many other chimed …
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The Rat King
1January 20, 2013 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)
The man stopped reading. The girl looked at him: “Did you honestly think, daddy that this story would scare me? …
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SPERM SCAN
MY FRIEND RUSHDIE
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Excerpt from: My Friend Salman Rushdie, in: Pachydermini Pack 4 (Turtleneck Press); donation dependent download.
«At a party, I stood next to a bald guy with a beard who didn’t say anything. I noticed a nearby couple put their heads together and whisper while pointing at me. They were smiling so I went over and inquired if I could help them in any way. “No, not at all,” said the woman, “but listen, isn’t that Sir Salman Rushdie who stood next to you just now? We’re such fans.” The man nodded.»
Excerpt from: My Friend Salman Rushdie, in: Pachydermini Pack 4 (Turtleneck Press); donation dependent download.
IN THOSE DAYS WE
«Tara, I look at us in that photo, taken so many years ago, I look at you sandwiched between Tom and me, with our left arms in casts, so ridiculous, it makes me think of music that is ridiculous also, music by Charles Ives with two bands playing against one another, or two melodies backpacking a third, or an instrument entering a dialog of two other instruments like a dangerous stranger. It makes me think of your musical voice and your rich hair, Tara, I’m thinking of you as my ship begins the landing process.»
Excerpt from: Friends, in: In Those Days We, available online at Issuu. Paperback version to appear.
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Marcus Speh
German storyteller
My short fiction collection "Thank You For Your Sperm" was published
in 2013 by MadHat Press. My mosaic novel "Gizella" is forthcoming
from Folded Word Press.
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