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Sunday Salon: How It Went

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

That reading was one of my best. I read a short story I’ve been working on, “Burning From the Inside.” I’m glad it worked in front of a live audience. Supposedly the reading will be on YouTube at some point.

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Reading: Sunday Salon, June 13th

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

This Sunday June 13th at 7 pm, I’ll be reading a a new draft of a short story I’ve been working on at Sunday Salon. Continue reading →

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Cinema’s Beautiful Blowhard

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

I wrote an essay recommending Samuel Fuller’s work. A portion of what I said: “A Fuller film careers between drama and melodrama; it stars scene-chewing actors; is low budget, and has the subtlety of a machete. A Fuller film can … Continue reading →

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New in Noo Journal: “Baby Love”

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

I have a super-short fiction piece in the current issue of Noo Journal. My work-from-home scheme fell on hard times and we had to move to another place, a property I’d bought as an investment, but had never planned on … Continue reading →

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Have My Own Page on The Atlantic Site

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

Still busy posting for The Atlantic, and now have my own page, here

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Mercy College

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Meakin Armstrong

I’m now an Adjunct Professor of English at Mercy College, here in New York City. School has just begun, and needless to say, I’ve been busy.

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The Caine Prize, E.C., and Me

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Meakin Armstrong

I wrote about the the recent Caine Prize for African Writing award for the Guernica blog. Spoiler Alert (not really, one could hardly be a surprised, I’d imagine, by what I wrote): I say that my favorite thing about the … Continue reading →

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Museyon Guides: Praised in The New York Times

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Meakin Armstrong

A book I contributed to, Museyon Guides Film + Travel: North America was praised in The New York Times. My segment on the South, which included Deliverance and Gone With the Wind, was mentioned with praise. From the banjo and … Continue reading →

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ASSME: a site I’ve been writing for

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Meakin Armstrong

I’ve been participating in a community blog, for the group, ASSME (American Society of Shit-Canned Media Elites). They’re at assme.org I’ve written several entries so far. The latest one I posted today. It’s a long piece I wrote that I … Continue reading →

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An Imaginary South: Advance Publicity for the Museyon book

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Meakin Armstrong

So says the blog entry: The American South is deeply tied-up in mythology. While onscreen it’s immortalized in classics like Gone With The Wind — a film shot in California and starring a British actress — the real South is … Continue reading →

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Mr. Beller is having problems with his neighborhood

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Meakin Armstrong

My story–and a lot of other stories, too–won’t launch. Sure hope it gets fixed, soon…

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An article I wrote is up on Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Meakin Armstrong

I love Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood; I think it’s one of the best on the Web, maybe because it’s so focused: it’s concerned with true stories that take place in New York City. How Mr. Beller describes my piece: “From Kobe, Japan to … Continue reading →

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InDigest fiction

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Meakin Armstrong

The fine folks at Indigestmag.com have put up a short story of mine, The Missing Years. It’s from a novel I’ve been working on. The story is an early draft. It’s so good to read something from the novel. At … Continue reading →

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Better Bad TV ahead

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Meakin Armstrong

Looks like the WGA is going to settle their strike. Meanwhile there’s the below the parody video Tom Cruise WANTS you to see! on FunnyOrDie.com a parody of the Tom Cruise video in support of the WGA. A daring video … Continue reading →

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I smell children. . . (I’ve always loved this guy)

Posted on January 27, 2008 by Meakin Armstrong

Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang was the second movie I ever saw (the first was something about a man who had befriended a shark). I saw it in a theater located on a high floor in Tokyo, and I remember looking out … Continue reading →

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