2nd Edition

The Magic Will Stories and Essays

By Herbert Gold Copyright 2001
350 Pages
by Routledge

337 Pages
by Routledge

337 Pages
by Routledge

"In the course of an impressive career as a writer, Herbert Gold has demonstrated many gifts, among them his talent for mak-ing high drama of ordinary events, ordinary people." - Chicago Tribune Book World "Gold...has a sharp eye for detail."- The Washington Times Magazine "Not just a good book, but a great one."- Daily Mail (London) "Herbert Gold... gives his stories a wry, bright air of... Read more
PROGRAMMING THE PECULIAR THINGS, A SELFISH STORY, THE MAGIC WILL, A DEATH ON THE EAST SIDE, THE LIFE CONTAINED IN NOVELS AND THE NOVELIST’S LIFE, A SURVIVAL, A DAY WITH THE BOGEYMAN, A HAITIAN GENTLEMAN, MAX AND THE PACEMAKER, “I WANT A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE”, SONG OF THE FIRST AND LAST BEATNIK, THE OLDER WOMAN, LETTER FROM A FAR FRAT, AN EVENING WITH A BEARD IN JOPLIN, MISSOURI, “LET’S KILL THE FIRST RED-HAIRED MAN WE SEE. WAITING FOR THE FORTY-ONE UNION, FROM PROUST TO DADA, YOUNG MAN, OLD DAYS, MY SUMMER VACATION IN BIAFRA, THE DEATH OF BIAFRA AS SEEN FROM SAN FRANCISCO, STORIES I GUESS I WON’T WRITE, QUALITY TIME WITH SONNY BARGER, KING OF THE CLEVELAND BEATNIKS.

Biography

Gold, Herbert