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Gregory Seth Harris

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in Huntington, N.Y., The United States

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https://www.wagingart.com/

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Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Ebooks

Influences

Dostoevsky, Shakespeare, Kafka

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October 2020

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Experimental fiction writer, poet and performer Gregory SETH Harris openly admits to having a sordid love affair with language. One of Colorado’s most versatile performance poets, Harris has garnered several awards for his pioneering efforts to meld spoken word with the other performance arts.
In his poetry collection, A Black Odyssey, his language runs the gamut from the vernacular to the Elizabethan, everything from pattern poems, free verse, prose poems, sonnets, to parodies of Mother Goose. His experimental short stories have appeared in numerous publications. In his satirical novel, The Perfect Stranger, his lyrical wordplay knows few bounds: a literary feast of puns, double-entendres, malapropism, deliberate misspellings and playful t ...more

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A Perfect Mirror for our times

One comment I’m constantly getting is how apropos THE PERFECT STRANGER is for these times. Yet I started and finished the novel long before Trump took office.

That's because I'm lampooning how people reason based on what they desire. As one of my characters puts it: human beans (sic) have a limitless capacity to twist language and alter definitions so as to justify whatever they desire.

Thus we hav Read more of this blog post »

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Published on January 19, 2021 13:50 • Tags: satire

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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

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This book was a delightful read. The author has a gift for storytelling, She handles her subject matter, which is her life (3 marriages, a cancer diagnosis, an involuntary career change, as well as many a simple moment) with humor, poise and grace. T ...more
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Gregory Harris is starting A Life Well Lived: This book was a delightful read. The author has a gift for storytelling, She handles her subject matter, which is her life (3 marriages, a cancer diagnosis, an involuntary career change, as well as many a simple moment) with humor, poise and grace. These nibble-size essays are interspersed with, at times. touching poetry. A Life Well Lived: The Book I Never Thought I'd Write by Diane L Akins progress:	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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