Forum / my article on writer Joseph Kanon at Bloom

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  Jane Hammons

  Jan 07, 07:38pm

  I'm writing for Bloom, which is a new website devoted to writers who publish their first major work after the age of 40. Great articles on Kate Chopin, Donald Ray Pollack and Deborah Eisenberg, to name a few. The articles are usually accompanied by an interview or video (one of my favorites is poet Spencer Reece talking with musician Dar Williams). I chose to write about Joseph Kanon primarily because his first novel, Los Alamos, caught my attention with Oppenheimer as a character. But I've enjoyed all of his novels. (And I also got to use a couple of the photos I took in New Mexico this summer.) Interview coming on Wednesday.

  http://bloom-site.com/2013/01/07/joseph-kanon/

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  Joani Reese

  Jan 08, 02:16am

  In-depth and interesting, Jane. Fine work.

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  John Riley

  Jan 08, 03:52am

  I look forward to reading it. The site sounds interesting too.

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  Robert Vaughan

  Jan 08, 01:32pm

  What a great idea, Jane! I'm excited to read the interview and have bookmarked BLOOM also. Thanks for bringing our attention to it. So many zines, so little time!

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  Jane Hammons

  Jan 08, 04:47pm

  Thanks! I hope you enjoy the site. If you have ideas for writers to feature, I'm open. I'm particularly interested in poets and nonfiction writers as we are kind of fiction heavy at this point.

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  David Ackley

  Jan 08, 06:44pm

  The bomb was our own " fascination of the abomination," witnessed in my case from afar on Oahu when H-bombs were obliterating tropical atolls during the resumption of testing in the '60's. Thanks for the guide to Kanon, Jane, your review a delight to read itself, more than sufficient to put me on the trail of LOS ALAMOS.

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  David Ackley

  Jan 08, 06:44pm

  The bomb was our own " fascination of the abomination," witnessed in my case from afar on Oahu when H-bombs were obliterating tropical atolls during the resumption of testing in the '60's. Thanks for the guide to Kanon, Jane, your review a delight to read itself, more than sufficient to put me on the trail of LOS ALAMOS.

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  Gessy Alvarez

  Jan 09, 02:47am

  Fantastic! Will check it out, Jane.

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  Jane Hammons

  Jan 09, 07:02pm

  The interview is now live. He was very generous in his responses.

  http://bloom-site.com/2013/01/09/qa-with-joseph-kanon/

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  Barry Basden

  Jan 09, 07:43pm

  Very powerful, Jane, both the article and the interview.

  I also read Kornbluth's interview. At the very end, Kanon says, "My concern wasn't with what people SHOULD think, but what they DID think."

  I'm reading a lot of old diaries and journals right now and that statement resonates.

  Really fine work, Jane. Fascinating man.

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  Marcus Speh

  Jan 09, 09:15pm

  Great feature and interview. Enjoyed.

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