Author Archives: Vince

An Interview and Discussion on Islam with Terry Kelhawk

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Vince

INTERVIEW WITH TERRY KELHAWK, AUTHOR OF THE TOPKAPI SECRET (Prometheus Books) Vincent Czyz In what RT Book Reviews calls “meticulously researched,” this novel takes you from San Francisco across America and Europe into the Middle East and North Africa. The … Continue reading →

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Introduction for Iris

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Vince

Jack Kerouac had it. Raymond Carver didn’t. Vincent van Gogh had it. Piet Mondrian didn’t. Miles Davis had it. Kenny G. didn’t. Aretha Franklin has it. Michael Bolton doesn’t. Iris Ortiz has it. And most of what I see getting … Continue reading →

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LETTER TO SVEN BIRKERTS RE: JOHN UPDIKE & DAVID FOSTER WALLACE

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Vince

June 11, 2009 Dear Sven, As always, the first thing I read when I got my new copy of AGNI was your essay (“What Remains,” AGNI 69 http://www.bu.edu/agni/essays/print/2009/69-birkerts.html). You have a very fine touch that lays claim to the poetic … Continue reading →

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Black Tickets

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Vince

I first read Black Tickets nearly 20 years ago and for me, as a young writer, stories such as “Gemcrack” bordered on revelatory. I don’t think I’d ever before encountered a style quite like the one I saw there—heightened prose … Continue reading →

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RUMBLEFISH – PET STORES ARE EVIL

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Vince

Pet Stores are downright evil. Yesterday, I went around with a 17-year-old desperate for a cockatoo. I saw dozens of birds in cages, often so small they would not have been able to fly even a few inches. It doesn’t … Continue reading →

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PROMETHEUS MAY BE THE WORST FILM IN A DECADE

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Vince

PROMETHEUS is perhaps the worst movie I have seen in a decade. I am a Ridley Scoot fan who considers BLADE RUNNER one of the best films ever made. PROMETHEUS has so many logical flaws, so many holes, so much … Continue reading →

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NOAM CHOMSKY REMEMBERS … THE INVASION OF “SOUTH” VIETNAM BY US FORCES

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Vince

Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated – Japan’s attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example. Others are ignored, and we can often learn valuable lessons from them about what is likely to lie ahead. Right now, in … Continue reading →

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AMERICANS AT THE GATES

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Vince

AMERICANS AT THE GATES NOTE: This essay/open letter was written some years ago and although the number of artifacts stolen or destroyed is not accurate (they were originally overstated), I have not corrected the numbers because virtually from the day … Continue reading →

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Thoreau on the Pyramids

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Vince

I was surprised at how caustic and downright hostile Henry David was toward the pyramids (and the pharaohs). Here’s what he has to say in WALDEN: “As for the Pyramids, there is nothing to wonder at in them so much … Continue reading →

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THE GOSPEL CODE …?

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Vince

Plato’s Gospel by Vincent Czyz “I become holy by initiation. The Lord [Jesus] reveals the Mysteries. He marks the worshipper with His seal …” —Clement of Alexandria, from The Protreptikos (Exhortation to the Greeks), ca 190 AD. Here in America, … Continue reading →

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