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Book Review: A Strange, Sickly Beauty by Jon Dambacher

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A Strange, Sickly Beauty
Jon Dambacher
4 out of 5 Stars

Poetic in its approach and casual in its execution, Jon Dambacher’s sophomore effort “A Strange, Sickly Beauty” gives the gruesome gist of a lowly lobster being boiled alive within the first few paragraphs. What happens after that is a kaleidoscope of imagery and reflection used to make the reader analyze his or her own thoughts on love, life and religion. Continue reading Book Review: A Strange, Sickly Beauty by Jon Dambacher →

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JoeyPinkney.com Interview with Jon Dambacher, author of “A Strange, Sickly Beauty”

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JoeyPinkney.com Interview with…
Jon Dambacher, author of “A Strange, Sickly Beauty”

Joey Pinkney: Hello, Jon. Thank you for doing this interview with me.

Jon Dambacher: Hello. Excuse my tardiness, the meal ran longer than expected.

Joey Pinkney: Not a problem at all. I’m happy that we are able to make this connection.

Jon Dambacher: Likewise. Thank you.

Joey Pinkney: Your book, “A Strange, Sickly Beauty”. Why this title?

Jon Dambacher: The title sums up our intellectual experience as inhabitants on this lovely planet. It also comes from Eugene Ionescu and Dostoevsky.

Joey Pinkney: For readers who are not familiar, including myself, who are they?

Jon Dambacher: Ionesco was Romanian. Involved with the “Theatre of Continue reading JoeyPinkney.com Interview with Jon Dambacher, author of “A Strange, Sickly Beauty” →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Jon Dambacher, author of Sour Candies

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With…
Jon Dambacher, author of Sour Candies
(The Trashy Novel Corp.)

Whether it’s the bedridden woman with a negative body image, the over-sexed little league baseball dad, or the two young professionals away on business who’re starved for companionship…the characters in Sour Candies are all prisoners of a suburban cul-de-sac trapped in their own cages. Every page is ripped from each of their secret journals.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Sour Candies?

Jon Dambacher: I haven’t read any books that embrace “my people.” Especially the things that go on between people, the unstated, less than Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Jon Dambacher, author of Sour Candies →