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Vibrating on the Margins

6/27/2017

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This month, Mr. Boardwalk by Louis Greenstein has been the selection of Vibrant Margins, a reader subscription service that specializes in fiction from small presses. Besides offering the paperback, the site has posted an essay by Louis and an interview by him. Both of these are fun reads. Click on the entries below to follow the links.

Essay, "Writing with My Fountain Pen": "I found that writing longhand slowed me down and encouraged me to think about what I was putting on the page."

Interview, "I feel like I'm working on myself": "I got turned on to [Fielding] Dawson and Charles Bukowski at the same time. I called Bukowski one time — I was nineteen and I was drunk, and I thought Hey, what could go wrong?"
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Sale on Great Summer Read

3/8/2017

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Temporarily -- we don't know for how long -- Amazon is inexplicably discounting the paperback of MR. BOARDWALK to $8.50. Though we don't ordinarily go out of the way to promote Amazon, this qualifies as a public service announcement. If you have friends you want to treat to a good read for spring/summer, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Go-to-the-Beach Day or any similar event, here's the link.
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"It’s a seduction, really . . ."

11/19/2015

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From the latest review of Mr. Boardwalk, by Nicole Monaghan, a prize-winning flash fiction writer who also appreciates longer forms:
“Mr. Boardwalk” was one of those books I read slllooowwwlllyy. I didn’t want to finish....

Greenstein’s words come like the incessant clink-clink of boardwalk arcade games–a feast of sentences and paragraphs and pages that read like lunch: you eat them up. It’s a seduction, really, and one has no choice but to want to know the why, what, and oh, the where....

Read “Mr. Boardwalk” in summer if you want. Or, read it in the dead, cold of winter. Either way, you’ll hear the seagulls. You’ll people watch. You’ll lick an ice cream cone. You’ll hold hands on the boardwalk. And you’ll get a little sunburned, a little older, a little wiser.​
The complete review is here.
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The Sun Rose in the Afternoon

8/11/2015

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Louis Greenstein's long-awaited appearance at Sun Rose Words & Music in Ocean City, NJ, is coming up this Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The store is at 756 Asbury Avenue; telephone (609) 399-9190.
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Downashore

7/24/2015

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According to Wikipedia, Avalon, meaning "apple," is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian tales. More locally, it's a lovely town on the Jersey shore, north of Wildwood and Stone Harbor, with a fine public library and a boardwalk. Louis Greenstein will be speaking there on Tuesday night, July 28, at 7:00.

Actually the event is in the Multipurpose Room at the adjacent school. Click on the image above for the library's site.
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Such is the charm and literary power . . .

7/16/2015

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Another new Amazon review of MR. BOARDWALK, this one by Chantal Jauvin, whom we don't know:
Having only recently moved to the North East, I failed to understand the magic that the boardwalk of days gone by evoked for local neighbors and friends. After reading Greenstein's novel, I now share their nostalgia for the demise of the pre-casino era. Not simply because it has all become too commercial but because now I too, after reading this novel, feel attached to boardwalk as it once was. Such is the charm and literary power of the author's writing. The characters and the setting have come to life. I have savored the pretzels, I have watched the juggling and want my fortunes read again.

If the purpose of a novel is to transport us to place and time we’ve never experienced and turn the last page transformed by the experience, then Mr. Boardwalk has achieved this exceptionally well.
Thank you, Ms. Jauvin!
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"Vividly Visualize"

7/13/2015

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Louis Greenstein's appearance at Sun Rose Words and Music in Ocean City, NJ--an outdoor book signing--got rained out, so it has been rescheduled for Saturday, August 15, 11:00 to 1:00. We'll have more on that as the date approaches.

Meanwhile, you can still catch Louis "downashore" for a lecture, Q&A, and book signing sponsored by the Avalon Free Public Library on Tuesday, July 28, 7 p.m. The event is in the Multipurpose Room of the Avalon Elementary School, right next to the library, three blocks from the Boardwalk.

Last but not least, here's a five-star Amazon review posted by C. Lipkin last month:
It's rare when one can read a book and vividly visualize the scenarios page by page and chapter by chapter. But that's exactly what happened when I read "Mr. Boardwalk". I grew up in Philadelphia and spent my summers at the Jersey shore, very close to where Jason and his family set up shop each summer. So it was easy to read and sense at the same time--the smells of the boardwalk--cotton candy, the ocean and Coppertone, the sights of the piers and the shops; the constant roar of the ocean and the cry of the seagulls. The book was also a great read--it was well-written and nicely paced. And, it covered the spectrum of emotions--I definitely teared up at the end. If you've spent your summers near Atlantic City or the South Jersey shore, grown up in suburban Philadelphia, or just want to read a really good book, check this out.
Thank you C., whoever you are!
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July Author Appearances

6/28/2015

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Mr. Boardwalk, a.k.a. Louis Greenstein, will be out and about throughout July, and he'll be "downashore" a couple of times. Look for him at the following events:
  • Thursday, July 2, 2:15 p.m., Swarthmore Public Library, 121 Park Avenue, Swarthmore, PA. Louis will be participating in the library's "Independent's" Day Book Fair, which runs from 2:00 to 4:00. At least thirteen different authors will be there.
  • Thursday, July 9, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Sun Rose Words & Music, 756 Asbury Avenue, Ocean City, NJ. (A few blocks from the Boardwalk.)
  • Tuesday, July 28, 7:00 p.m., Avalon Free Public Library, 235 32nd Street, Avalon, NJ. The event is in the Multipurpose Room of the Avalon Elementary School, next to the library. (Three blocks from the Boardwalk.)
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State Street Reading Series

5/18/2015

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Coming up on Thursday, Louis Greenstein will be at the State Street Reading Series in Media, PA, with Nicole Monaghan. Full info. is in the image above or at the website of the Media Arts Council.

For good measure, here's a picture of Louis talking about fiction with Julia MacDonnell at their Musehouse appearance on May 9.
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"Jason's a loner. Not me."

4/30/2015

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Nice feature on Louis Greenstein, author of MR. BOARDWALK, in advance of the May 9 reading in the Musehouse fiction series. Click on the image to go to the full article, which contains some fine quotes and biographical information.

Here's the info. on the reading:

Saturday, May 9, 7:00 p.m., at the Chestnut Hill Gallery, 8117 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118, 215-248-2549: Louis will be reading and talking with Julia MacDonnell, author of Mimi Malloy, At Last! Both novels deal with people who have to keep "growing up" even when they are long past the age when they should be mature.

The event is free and open to the public. It will include discussion with the authors and book signings. For more info., see the Facebook event page.

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