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Deacon "Deke" Solomon did 4 years in the Marines and had a checkered, 10-year career through the blue-collar world before going to college at the age of 35. He came out of school seven years later with a Master's degree and a seemingly unquenchable thirst for more reading. Today he is consumed with his home library, his computers, his tomato garden and his cats. He reads a lot and writes when the mood strikes him.
Sunday, November 6, 2011 El Monstruo Is Monstrous Fun
A wild man's take on the political and social history of Mexico City.
Monday, March 22, 2010 Book Review: London on London (6 comments)
The People of the Abyss is Jack London's eyewitness account of what he saw when, in the summer of 1902, he went to England disguised as a merchant seaman on the beach. Arriving in England, the author dived headlong into the reeking labor ghetto in London's notorious East End.
Saturday, October 31, 2009 Spunk & Bite Get Bitten
Arthur Plotnik's "Spunk & Bite" is a writer's style guide that attacks Strunk & White's "Elements of Style," which has been used for many decades by college composition teachers. Deke Solomon's article takes issue with Plotnik's thesis.
