Jon Sindell
Jon Sindell's new novel, The Pugilist Poets of Venice, launched in October of 2019. This musical vid gives you a feel for the tone and content of the book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNsCr...
Paperback, ebook, and audiobook editions are available on Amazon.
Jon's long-story collection, Family Happiness—so elusive, so ideal—was published by Big Table in 2016. His flash fiction collection, The Roadkill Collection, was published by the same house in 2014. A specially abridged audio edition of The Roadkill Collection is now available on Amazon, iTunes, and Audible.
Jon writes fiction (quite truthful), humor (intentionally, often), and essays (not graded, thankfully). Many of Jon's shorter works may be seen at jonsindell.com.
Jon curates the Rolling Writers reading series in San Francisco. A former lawyer, Jon is now a full-time personal humanities tutor of students from middle school through college. Great fun.
Jon loves talking with readers and encourages readers to connect with him on Facebook, on Twitter @JonSindell, and on Instagram at jonsnndellwrites.
“The great thing about baseball is, I've heard a hundred statements beginning, 'The great thing about baseball is.”
“It’s funny, Matt, everyone thinks Roman’s a nickname--but it’s not, it's just my name. We've got military names way back in our clan. I've got Great-Granddad Grant and Great Uncle Sherman and Uncle MacArthur and Cousin Audie and Cousin Achilles. No," he mused, "Roman's not a nickname. A nickname would be–oh, I don’t know, something like ... Caesar or something! The mighty Roman! ~ Roman Meister, nickname-loving manager of the San Carlos Coyotes in The Mighty Roman, broadly hinting for a nickname of his own.”
“I mean, we’re talking about chocolate, for chrissake! Chocolate’s wonderful! Everyone loves it! Look at me, I’m part German! That makes me a kraut! Do you know what kraut is? It’s sauerkraut, men! Which means pickled cabbage! And no one likes that! And I’m okay with it! You can call me Kraut, for all that I care! I don’t give a god damn! Do you read me, men? Do you? ~ Roman Meister, manager of the San Carlos Coyotes, to three black ballplayers whom he has, cleverly he thinks, nicknamed "Dark Chocolate," "Milk Chocolate," and "Bitter Chocolate." From The Mighty Roman.”