JUST KIDS is an enormously resonant Outsider/Insider evocation of youth on the fringes/at the center of the New York art and music scene in the late 1960′s and 1970′s. Smith’s book centers on the relationship bond/friendship of herself and … Continue reading →

 Publishing Date Set “A Song to the Moon” Bewere the Night (E. Sedia ed) Prime (April 2011)                                                                                “I Needs Must Part the Policeman said”  (reprint)  Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 (Anderson ed) Tor (May 2011) “Mortal Bait” Supernatural Noir  (Datlow ed) Dark Horse Books (June 2011) … Continue reading →

Fred Neil – Bleecker & MacDougal  “Standing on the corner of Bleecker & MacDougal Wondering which way to go…”  In the early ’60′s the corner where I live was THE epicenter of the folk music scene. And Fred Neil was … Continue reading →

   It’s easy to become nostalgic about past scenes – especially art scenes that fascinate us. Part of the power of the Mark Morrisroe  exhibition is the strength of the art combined with the bleak downtown Manhattan scene. Mark Morrisroe: … Continue reading →

…Because it’s going to be a big enough pain finding my own way to Brooklyn (directions below) where I will be reading with the lovely and talented Matt Kressel with music by Toby Goodshank Sunday at 6:30 at the…     … Continue reading →

Bill Jennings of Mermaniac interviews me about my just completed novel DUST DEVIL: MY LIFE IN SPECULATIVE FICTION.   1 NOTES Dancing the Dance: An Interview with Richard Bowes Introduction Science fiction and fantasy short story writer Richard Bowes has … Continue reading →

http://newyork.timeout.com/things-to-do/this-week-in-new-york/927717/wold-newton-reading-series-featuring-rick-bowes Don’t know why they singled me out. I will be reading with author/editor Matt Kressel in lovely Greenpoint.

While working on “Dust Devil: My Life in Speculative Fiction my latest Mosaic Novel/Fix-Up (a bunch of interconnected short stories that form a novel) I found this post on Mermaniac: http://www.mermaniac.com/. It’s an amazing summery of what I’m working on. The author had … Continue reading →

Before I met Singer I’d already read a lot of his New York stories. That was many years before I wrote any New York stories of my own. I’ve always regarded him as the master of this subgenre. For various reasons … Continue reading →

Linda Tsao sent me this The Third Avenue El in the early 50’s, with glimpses of The Man With the Movie Camera, Ruttmann’s Berlin, Edward Hopper…  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEG4re43ub8 Kurt Hoss added this commentary: Back in the 50’s there was a small … Continue reading →