Archive for the ‘Humor’ Category
I’m really looking forward to a pair of upcoming events: On Thursday, January 26th, at 7 p.m., I’ll be at the Warner Library in Tarrytown, N.Y., reading from and talking about “Rip,” my modern-day parody of Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle.” In his later years, Irving lived at Sunnyside, his home on the Hudson River [...]
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Hooray! My short novel, “Rip,” a 20th-century parody of “Rip Van Winkle” (Rip is a toll collector on the Tappan Zee Bridge in Tarrytown…he and his ne’er-do-well friends, the Sleepy Hollow Boys, do battle with a group of feminists who take up the cause of Rip’s wife….) is now (finally!) available as a Kindle edition. [...]
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My novel “Rip,” a parody of Washington Irving’s classic “Rip Van Winkle,” is available at these locations: Nighthawk Books, 212 Raritan Ave., Highland Park, N.J. Book Garden, 26 Bridge Street, Frenchtown, N.J. Half Moon Books, 35 North Front St., Kingston, N.Y. Whimsies Incognito, 35 South Broadway, Tarrytown, N.Y. Market St. Market, 95 Market St., Lowell, [...]
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Amazing! My book’s on Amazon!
My novella “Rip,” the funniest book since Dick Cheney’s autobiography, is now available for purchase through Amazon! (It’s only available in print form at the moment; Kindle edition should be available within a few days). It isn’t just a great work of humor/satire/parody/stock market tips/advice to the lovelorn/travel writing/political analysis/historical fiction/zombie lore/fashion forecasts. It’s also [...]
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Tags: "Rip", Black Angel Press, DiGiovanni, fiction, Humor, Nicholas DiGiovanni, parody, Rip Van Winkle, satire, Washington Irving
The days are slipping away — just 17 of them remain for folks to make pledges toward the kickstarter.com campaign to help fund publication of my humorous novella “Rip,” a modern-day “retelling” of the classic Rip van Winkle story, which is scheduled for publication and release in early November by Steve Hart’s literary imprint , [...]
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As part of marketing plans for my novellas “Rip” (a modern-day parody of “Rip van Winkle”) and “The Dogs of Arroyo” (a spooky and surreal parable set in Puerto Rico) which both have a publication target date of November 15, I’ve started a Twitter feed. So, if you’re a tweeter or a reader of tweets [...]
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Tags: "Rip van Winkle" parody, American literature, Black Angel Press, Humor, Nicholas DiGiovanni, Rip Van Winkle, satire, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Off to a pretty good (kick)start
Just four days after launching my kickerstarter.com project — seeking $1,200 in funding from backers to publish my novella “Rip,” a satirical (and incredibly funny and remarkably witty) modern-day “retelling” of Washington Irving’s classic “Rip van Winkle” — we’re already just shy of 20 percent of the goal. Thanks! Please keep on pledging…or consider pledging [...]
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I’m planning to collaborate with friend Steve Hart to publish my humorous novella “Rip,” through his new New Jersey-based literary imprint, Black Angel Press. And I’ve decided to pursue a new and innovative way to come up with funding for the project — check out www.kickstarter.com, which matches up donors with worthy creative projects. It [...]
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Laurel and Hardy and Iggy
Yes. Of course. Laurel and Hardy meet Iggy Pop. Iggy sings “The Passenger.” And Stan and Ollie dance!
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A bad case of senior-itis?
I guess we might be talking about a double-edged sword — I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t. If I do complain, I run the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man. If I don’t complain, then I won’t be able to bring to light this ridiculous, ludicrous, preposterous, all-the-other-ouses notion [...]
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