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The Next Chapter

  I had an enjoyable and successful book signing event for Across the Great Divide last Saturday at Gemini Moon in Mount Clemens, Michigan. The ladies who run this gift shop are amazing and a delight to be around. My favorite part of the publishing process- apart from that final...

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NEW BOOK: Across the Great Divide

The latest book by R. Wolf Baldassarro is finally here! Across the Great Divide was a monthly column for Pagan Pages magazine that ran from 2009-2014 that explored the world of the paranormal research. This anthology collects all published articles in one volume with updated and new material. Published...

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Banned Books Awareness: Singapore’s Culture War

Singapore’s National Library Board has been busy as of late- stopping citizens from reading. Books and comics have been on their hit list because they contain same-sex issues in their content. The organization last week withdrew from libraries the books and Tango Makes Three, which has been covered previously,...

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Banned Books Awareness: “Tropic of Cancer”

Henry Miller is one of the most important literary figures in American history, but most people don’t even know his name. His was a true underdog story: a creative and challenging author who influenced such literary and pop culture icons as Jack Kerouac, Norman Mailer, Phillip Roth, Paul Theroux,...

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Banned Books Awareness: “Bare-Faced Messiah”

Scientologists have kept a book out of American stores for 27-years because it alleges that L. Ron Hubbard was a racist and a fantasist with a penchant for bizarre sexual rituals; but it is finally getting published. Written by British journalist Russell Miller, it was finished the year after...

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Banned Books Awareness: “The Hindus: An Alternative History”

Academics, writers, and lawyers have voiced strong opposition to the withdrawal of American scholar Wendy Doniger’s book, The Hindus: An Alternative History, following a settlement between the publisher Penguin, a division of Random House, and a complainant group, Shiksha Bachao Andolan Samiti. Under the settlement, all copies of the...

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Banned Books Awareness: “Neverwhere”

English author Neil Gaiman’s fan base spread worldwide with his critically acclaimed Sandman graphic novel series in the 1990s. Since then he has solidified his literary mark with equally-impressive and award-winning novels. Last week, however, his novel, Neverwhere, became the target of contention that has engulfed a New Mexico...

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