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William H. Fietzer

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Former English instructor and academic librarian William Fietzer moved to Poughkeepsie, NY from Minneapolis with his wife and Norwegian forest cat, Selene, in June, 2019. He has and continues to publish articles and stories about the Twin Cities, Hudson Valley, and national cultural scenes.

His novels explore the mysteries of the world from a baby-boomer perspective; his world view indebted to the mean streets of Raymond Chandler and the merry pranksters of Ken Kesey with a soupcon of Marcel Proust. It's not a pretty world or one you want to live in, but one you’d recognize having asymptotic parallels with your own reality.

In this vein, his two previous novels, Penal Fires and Metadata Murders, examined America's underworld of class, crime ...more

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Oys of Summer: More Golf Etymology

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Author note: “Oy” is an interjection jused to express dismay, frustration, pain or concern, originating primarily from Yiddish (Merriam Webster)

August’s traditional vacation period is nearing its end end pro golf’s competitive season is closing with it. As a matter of fact, my senior league’s final team competition occurs next week. So, it seems

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The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung

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William Fietzer liked MELANIE MASCIARELLI's review of Mission: Soul Sacrifice (Escape the New Immortals, #2): "The author himself mailed the book to me, signed the book and provided a card giving a rundown of the book before it as it is a series. I have won numerous books from Goodreads and this is the first and only time the author has ever addressed the boo" Read more of this review »
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