Jack Random
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer-Publisher |
| Introduction | ...is a novelist, fiction writer and author of political commentaries. Novels include Pawns to Players -- A Trilogy (2015-2018), Hard Times (2009), Number Nine: Adventures of Jake Jones and Ruby Daulton (2007), Washichu: The Killing Spirit (2003, quarter-finalist in the Amazon Emerging Novelist Awards) A Patriot Dirge (Crow Dog 2015) and Ghost Dance Insurrection (Dry Bones 2000, Crow Dog 2017). His short stories have been published by Lynx Eye, Mobius and Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal. His commentaries appear under the title the Jazzman Chronicles and have been posted by CounterPunch, Dissident Voice, Pacific Free Press, National Free Press - World Edition, Global Free Press and many other political web sites. He is currently preparing several books of poetry. |
| Interests | Writing, politics, cinema, literature, zen golf, baseball, Golden State Warriors |
| Favorite movies | Casa Blanca, Memento, The Usual Suspects, Black Robe, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Peggy Sue Got Married, A Clockwork Orange, Being There, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Education of Little Tree |
| Favorite music | The Beatles White Album, The Doors, Tommy, The Wall, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, CCR, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, John Prine. |
| Favorite books | The Grapes of Wrath, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Brave New World, 1984, Slaughterhouse 5, Fahrenheit 451, The Rights of Man, The Road, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas. |