Tag: Brick House Books
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“Wearing Three Hats” by Clarinda Harriss
Wearing three hats is uncomfortable. Wearing more than three is unwieldy to the point of immobilizing you, which is probably just as well because you look ridiculous. The hats I totter under are beret, mortarboard, schoolmarmish cloche, black prison uniform cap, fedora with press pass stuck in the brim, and flapper’s feathered whimsy. There’s a…
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An Interview with Doritt Carroll
If you ask her, Doritt Carroll will tell you that she is (unfortunately) a lawyer and (fortunately) the mother of two daughters. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from Georgetown University. Her collection In Caves was published in 2010 by Brickhouse Books. Her poems have also appeared in a long list of publications, including Coal City…
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An Interview with Clarence Brown
If you read the jacket of Clarence Brown’s first novel, Needs, you’ll learn that he is a recovering heroin addict. “Born in Charlottesville, Virginia,” the description continues, “Brown moved to Baltimore at the age of twenty-two and immersed himself in the street life, heroin, and other drugs for twenty-seven years. Like Rip Van Winkle, he…