Blogs about: Rodger Jacobs
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Subversive Pinocchio
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 3 weeks ago: As Hurricane Shirley notes at Boil Some Water this morning, one book that I need for my personal res … more →
"Go Irish" Soldiers On
Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 month ago: Actor Bob Hughes and my writing partner Tom Flannery continue getting our play, Go Irish: The Purgat … more →
"Long Time" Slump
Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 month ago: For the first time in its five-year publishing history, my true-crime book on the Wonderland murders … more →
The Finish Line
Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 month ago: Finally. How many goddamn weeks have I been working on this October column? 5,731 words later, thank … more →
Red Rock Diary: Friday
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 month ago: Good News I have an absolute killer concept of a lit-fic novel in the works — not Kerouac Dr … more →
Mexico 24/7
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 month ago: I’m still working on this damn October column, which turned out to be a bigger bear than I ant … more →
Down Time for Carny Town
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 month ago: The next few days have been reserved for writing my October Deconstruction Zone column for Pop Matte … more →
A Little Nod From Chicago State University
Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 month ago: My Pop Matters review of the original Smithsonian Channel doc feature, “Soul of a People: Writing Am … more →
Tabloid Fodder
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 month ago: Marfa, Texas? I contribute to the Short Ends and Leader department at Pop Matters this morning on th … more →
Hal Ashby, Hollywood Rebel
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 2 months ago: My September Deconstruction Zone column for Pop Matters features an interview with Reed Martin, auth … more →
Red Rock Diary: Labor Day Part 4, The Limping Man
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 2 months ago: I would like to say that we arrived at Speedee-Mart without incident but such was not the case. When … more →
Red Rock Diary: Labor Day Part 3, West by Northwest
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 2 months ago: I make a purpose-driven exit from the Rapid Cash and back into the cab with Mr. Happy the Blind Driv … more →
Red Rock Diary: Labor Day, Part Two
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 2 months ago: In the Rapid Cash store I hobble up to the bulletproof cashier’s window on my cane to cash my … more →
Red Rock Diary: Labor Day, Part One
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 2 months ago: The journey began badly. It was going to be a long round-trip to the Rapid Cash store because the fe … more →
More Ink for "Go Irish"
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 2 months ago: This time from the Philly Burbs: Fast forward more than 40 years later, with Miller having returned … more →
If You Happen To Be In Philly in Early September ...
Rodger Jacobs wrote 2 months ago: Philly Fringe ad for "Go Irish" From the September 3, 2009 edition of Electric City, essen … more →
Richard Brookhiser's "Happy Darkies"
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 3 months ago: My August Deconstruction Zone column for Pop Matters deconstructs Richard Brookhiser’s new mem … more →
Telephone or E-Mail?
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 3 months ago: When I was coming of age in the 1970’s, the telephone was an absolute; outside of letters and … more →
Sexual Obsession
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 3 months ago: This evening I finished reading Nick Dawson’s incredibly entertaining and well-written bio of … more →
