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Darrell Kastin

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Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Magical Realism

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Darrell Kastin was born in Los Angeles, California. His maternal ancestors came from the Azores, settling in the United States at the end of World War II. He has spent considerable time on the islands over the years, using them as a setting for many of his short stories. His novel, The Undiscovered Island was published in 2009 by Tagus Press. It won the Silver Prize in the 2010 IPPY Awards. His short fiction has appeared in The Seattle Review, The Windsor Review, The Crescent Review, The Blue Mesa Review and elsewhere. he is a former used bookstore owner, and a former rare book scout. In 2007 Kastin released a CD of original songs titled Lullabies For Sinners--combination of folk and blues. 2011 he recorded a CD in Lisbon, Portugal, of Port ...more

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	The Conjurer and Other Azorean Tales 3.83 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	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
	Shadowboxing With Bukowski 3.52 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	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
	The Undiscovered Island (Portuguese in the Americas Series) 3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	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
	Writers of the Portuguese Diaspora in the United States and Canada: An Anthology by Luis Gonçalves (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carlo Matos (Goodreads Author) (Editor), George Monteiro (Preface) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings	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
	Nem Cá Nem Lá: Portugal e América do Norte Entre Escritas by Teresa F.A. Alves (Editor), Rui Zink (Introduction), Margarida Vale de Gato (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	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
	Untamed dreams : faces of America 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	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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Shadowboxing With Bukowski

Shadowboxing With Bukowski is neither fiction nor memoir, but partly both; a blend of the two. The events take place in the mid-1980s, in San Pedro, California, L.A.'s harbor. I wrote the book hoping to capture the time and locale, the places and characters, in particular Charles Bukowski who was frequently around, and who was good enough to help us out when we needed it most.
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Death with Interruptions

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The Hidden Assassins (Javier Falcon, #3)

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message 1: by Darrell

Sep 12, 2009 12:22PM

Hi Irene,

Have you checked out The Undiscovered Island yet?
It's received a nice review: http://www.easyreadernews.com/story.p...
You can read an excerpt at www.darrellkastin.com

If you care to check it out. Let me know what you think, if you do.

best,

Darrell

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