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I write and review memoirs. Full videos on YouTube. My memoir: MY HALF ORANGE, by John Julius Reel.
The most famous passage in Ali and Nino, by Kurban Said (who turns out to be various authors).
Full video on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/TppaHmrwX8M?is=VT2w8M9LLOXs7BYv
24/08/2026
After 20 years of submitting "Twenty Minutes of Action" to lit mags, only to receive silence—owing, I suspect, to prudery and short-sighted social justice concerns—it finally met with acceptance, kind words, and insightful edits, thanks to Magazine Non Grata. I'm very pleased to see it in print. For the online version, which includes audio of me reading it, click here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/magazinenongrata/p/twenty-minutes-of-action?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1xse9k
08/08/2026
This collection of short stories was born of the press director Bernard Schweizer sending a Kafka quote out to a select group of established writers, hoping it would inspire them to submit something that “would quite likely meet with rejection by the average mainstream editor.”
Do the Stories in ‘Axe’ Live Up to Kafka’s Standard? Episode 105: Inspired by Franz Kafka’s famous claim that literature...
The best writing advice ever! (From Shelby Foote)
Should literary writers take notes?
Full video on YouTube:
Shelby Foote on Writing: Why MFA Programs Might Be Hurting Writers
'Appointment in Samarra,' a recognized classic, is an absolute blast to read.
The flashes of talent but inconsistency in Jim Carroll's poetry.
16/04/2026
Jim Carroll continued!
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnjuliusreel/p/a-writer-of-too-many-talents?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1xse9k
Drugs both enhanced and diminished Jim Carroll's work. His memoir FORCED ENTRIES describes how he got the monkey off his back.
05/03/2026
New Rant! Watch or Read!
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnjuliusreel/p/caught-in-a-powerful-ambivalence?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1xse9k
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