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Sunday, July 12, at St. Theresa’s Church in Kentfield, NJ, Kevin Rush will read from his novel, The Lance and the Veil, an adventure in the time of Christ. The event will take place after the 10:30 am Mass in the Parish Bingo Hall. Coffee and donuts provided. Mr. Rush will donate a portion of sales of his book to St. Theresa’s School.
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From the inception of this project, I’d envisioned The Lance and the Veil as a worldwide entertainment vehicle. Today, I contacted an actor/producer originally from South America who agrees that this book could find a great audience in Latin America. He has translated books from English to Spansih and has connections in publishing south of the border. We’ll be talking soon about the best path forward for The Lance and the Veil to enter the Spanish language market. Might our “aventura en el tiempo de Cristo” surpass Adulterio or El alquimista? Stay tuned. These are exciting times.
I wrote this story years ago when I was still teaching. It was a reaction against a supposedly educational service that provided free television programs to schools as long as they allowed the students to watch the commercials. At the time I was also rebelling against the increasingly inescapable reality that all speech was commercial speech and therefore untrustworthy. I’ve since been distressed by an even more frightening conclusion that all speech is relentlessly political and therefore untrustworthy. On the bright side, we need not worry any more about invasions of our privacy, since none of use will be permitted to lead private lives.
I later wrote a stage version of this story which I produced and directed at two venues in the Los Angeles area in 2007. Enjoy.
Dear friends,
As you might imagine, the website is something of a money-pit, so I’m looking to defray some of the costs with a teespring.com T-shirt campaign. As Independence Day approaches, help me to declare financial independence by purchasing a Patriotic Thomas Jefferson T-shirt. Perfect for anyone who loves God and country.
I need to sell three dozen in ten days for the campaign to be a success. If not, no one is charged. For further information and to place an order, click here. Thanks.
I wrote this story 12 years ago while I was teaching high school and was reflecting on the stark contrast between the opulence of the idyllic Marin County environs in which my students were living and the urban decay of the 1970s in which I had grown up. This story is an unsparing look at young people who were not granted the luxury of innocence. It portrays the crude, violent and tribal relationships of young teens in an urban setting.
Readers should be advised there is coarse, foul language and brutal violence. But I believe it accurately reflects the times and the people I grew up with some 40 years ago, if not the actual geography of the old neighborhood. Enjoy.
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