Ben East Books

Author: Ben East

  • GUTS

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    George craves the syringe with an addict’s distress. I have one thumb on the plunger. I put the other in his mouth. The plastic syringe tip curves along my crooked thumb between George’s lips. I press the plunger carefully and let the milk flow.The ruddy face of Senator Teflon–that’s my name for him–fills the television. He…

  • Heaven Is Coming Home, Part II

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    …David’s richly textured writing reads like romantic poetry.  Yet there is a clarity to the telling born of steady revelation in sign and image.  The narrator, like an expert kite handler, works his string in concert with the wind to lead the colors of his craft across our minds’ eye.   As our protagonist Rovin,…

  • Do You Read?

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    Ben East
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    I wish more people were reading books. Here’s what I’m reading: Heaven Is Coming Home, by David Suarez Gomez.