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The Library of Lost Books
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The Man Who Ran from God
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2013
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The Truck Stop
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2011
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The Ghul of Yazd
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The Book of Hours
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2025
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So, You Found Me
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Pacha-Mama
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The Number Thief
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The Hatchlings
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How To Accomplish Anything In The World Period
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Where to Find Me this October
This month, I’m appearing in a lot of different places.
In fact, I have one reading and three signings for the new book. So, I wanted to break it all down and give you the details—in case you’re in the area and can make it to one of my events.
Here they are:
Reading at Poetry Open Mic in Alexandria
First up, I’ll be doing my regular session at the Poetry Open Mic Night at St. Elmo’s Café (the one on M
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"The Books of Hours is a captivating read. Darius threads science and philosophy so seamlessly into his poems that I mostly felt (rather than noted) their presence. Beautifully written, even the shortest of these pieces is dense in meaning. There is a"
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“Of all the mysteries, Darius,” the old man began. “Perhaps the greatest is Mind. For all the ignorance in the world, the assaults against reason by tyrants and rabble, no one has been able to stop it. Just the opposite. All those cultures that have abandoned Mind have paid the price, lost their way and decayed, succumbing to the darkness. And yet Mind has forged ahead.”
― The Library of Lost Books
― The Library of Lost Books
“They are the lost books,” he turned his head, grasping his cane and raising it aloft, as if speaking more to the books than to me. “The destroyed books, the burnt books, the missing, the stolen, the drowned, the forgotten. Those ruined by water, fire, mold, man’s malice or neglect or, perchance…time itself. They’re all here, every last one, Darius. At least for a time.”
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“He wondered what his face would say. What would others find there? He wondered when those still left on the other side, the young ones, would join. Who would come first, who last.”
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“A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.”
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