Posts Tagged ‘Washington Irving’
I capture the castle!
Well, not really. It isn’t really a castle. I haven’t captured anything, except (I hope) your attention. And that phrase has just been on my mind because of several recent conversations about the classic book of that name by British author Dodie Smith. In any event, captured castle or not, I love this building — [...]
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Tags: "Rip van Winkle" parody, "Rip", Lowell, Mass., Pollard Memorial Library, Rip Van Winkle, Washington Irving
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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Tags: "Rip", Catskills, literary parody, Nicholas DiGiovanni, Rip Van Winkle, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, Washington Irving
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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Tags: "Rip van Winkle" parody, "Rip", American literature, DiGiovanni, Humor, Nicholas DiGiovanni, parody, Rip Van Winkle, satire, Washington Irving
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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Tags: "Rip van Winkle" parody, Black Angel Press, Nicholas DiGiovanni, Rip Van Winkle, Washington Irving, www.kickstarter.com
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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