notanotherbookreview

Flash fiction may be "still as slippery as footprints in wet cement", as Peter Wortsman writes in his foreward to FOOTPRINTS IN WET CEMENT (Pelekinesis) But in this impressive collection, he defines an ephemeral form with a wild variety of selections in an entertaining array of categories. There are "True Confessions," "True Encounters," "Wise Cracks," "Delphic Telegrams" and here-- "Stories on the Run." These are audacious stories which puncture our assumptions. Among my favorites are Girl on a Train  (Intelligence?), Let there be Lies   (Deity's shortcomings?)   I Am Not Myself  (Metaphysical identity theft?), After the Storm (Alive?) and many others. Here is a comment about an earlier non fiction work of Wortsman by a master of the short story and another on his fiction by a novelist. “The behavior of the people [in ‘Snapshots and Souvenirs’] was wonderfully human and moving—the sort of thing even the best ...

Cat Seto's IMPRESSIONS OF PARIS: An Artist's Sketchbook (Harper Design, April) is precious in the sense of rare and valuable, a jewel of a book that sparkles with wit, insight, and beauty.  This artist's book is organized around themes; color, pattern, perspective and rhythm. As Seto meanders curiously through Paris neighborhoods, local wonders take shape under her sure paint brush--whimsical, striking and often good enough to eat. The book begins with Monet's quote about color as .."my day-long obsession, joy and torment" and begins her journey at BERTHILLON.  Seto is in agreement with Monet, but with the addition of ice cream. As she said, "when you lay down a good oil or or watercolor that you can literally feel the purity of the color wash onto the canvas, The artful glaces did just that to my mouth." And of course she visually deconstructs the colors of the glace. Pattern takes us to JARDINS DES PLANTES, where she "spiraled up a st...

Today, 5/5, is the launch of this fun and astute ebook based on an idea by eprentise's  Helene Abrams with limericks by Josh Greenbaum to tell the story of a growing business, stymied by IT problems and solutions... www.eprentise.com/ebook A big bang, they told me, IT transformation, Was needed to stave off complete devastation. The old stuff was tired, and needed replacing, The new stuff would do it, the results would be bracing. MAY 2nd Published! So what's the real deal?  Why do many growing businesses founder when dealing with IT? Read this interview. An Interview with Josh Greenbaum, author, and Helene Abrams, originator of TO THINK THAT I THOUGHT MY BUSINESS WOULD GROW (eprentise, May 2017) Q.  What inspired your new book/video To Think That I Thought My Business Might Grow? HA.  Throughout my career, I have been involved with hundreds of large organizations who have been influenced by the media, executive sp...