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The Armenian Weekly; Volume 74, No. 29; July 26, 2008
Arts and Literature:
1. New Books – Braver’s ‘Skin Deep’ Hits Bookshelves
By Narineh Abrimian
2. BATS
By Tatul Sonentz
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1. New Books – Braver’s ‘Skin Deep’ Hits Bookshelves
ARLINGTON, Mass. (A.W.)-What happens when you’re a homicide detective out
chasing criminals and are suddenly assigned a case where you may be the one
you’re chasing? In the novel Skin Deep by Gary Braver, Lieutenant Steve
Markarian faces just that. There is someone killing the most attractive
women in Boston, someone who enters into his victim’s lives and exits after
knotting a black stocking around their necks. "The death of beautiful women
has always been lamented in literature. Edgar Allen Poe said that the death
of a beautiful woman is the most poetic topic. Others see the death of a
beautiful woman as the most tragic. In this book, I am fascinated with the
murder of a beautiful woman," says Braver.
Skin Deep was published this July in New York by the Tom Doherty Associates,
LLC. Gary Braver is the pen name of Gary Goshgarian. He was born and raised
in Hartford, Conn. He received a B.S. in physics from the Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, an M.A. in English from the University of
Connecticut, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin. After
a few lab-related positions, he realized that lab work wasn’t for him;
instead, teaching and writing were his passion.
Braver began teaching at Western Michigan University, where he remained for
a year. In the 1970’s, he began teaching English at Northeastern University
and is still there to this day. Even though linguistics is his passion, he
introduced Northeastern to a class on science fiction. When this class
proved to be a success, Braver launched two more classes: "Horror Fiction"
and "Modern Bestersellers." These three classes are still being taught in
Northeastern University. For over 20 years, Braver has also taught fiction
writing workshops throughout the United States and Europe. He currently
resides in Arlington, Mass., with his family.
Braver has written six other suspense novels: Atlantis Fire, Rough Beast,
and The Stone Circle (published under his real name, Gary Goshgarian); and
Elixir, Gray Matter, and Flashback (published under his pen name). Braver is
also the author of four college writing textbooks: Exploring Language, The
Contemporary Reader, Dialogues, and What Matters in America.
For more information on the novel, go to
-Narineh Abrimian
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2. BATS
Caverns
where kinetic sound
and digital motion
pierce and shape
the darkness
in our souls.
Indoors
on a flat screen
of screaming illusions
a dark knight and
a smiling joker flip
a two-faced coin
to settle the fate
of Gotham.
Outside
in a moonlit night
bats still fight malaria
with silent sonar and
and triangulated
flight. while
in the mists
of fast fading
memory
Dracula seeks
final refuge in a
bed of native soil
before sunrise
and demise.
Tatul Sonentz
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
