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Ken Wohlrob

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born
January 01, 2001

gender
male

place of birth
The United States

website

genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

influences
Flannery O'Connor, Charles Bukowski, Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen Crane, Yukio Mishima, Alaine Robbe-Grillet, Mavis Gallant, Sinclair Lewis, Mario Vargas Llosa

member since
January 2008


about this author

THE LOVE BOOK is my first collection of short stories. It is also available as an audiobook podcast from Podiobooks, which you can listen to via iTunes or Podiobooks.com. I live in Brooklyn, NY which is a hell of a lot better than where you live.

You can also read some of my stories as single-story e-books available on Amazon Kindle, Scribd, Smashwords, and Lulu. Click here for download/buy links.

I was the cofounder and editor of Bully Magazine from 1998-2003. My writing has appeared in Opium, The New York Press, Go Metric, Friction Magazine, FreeWilliamsburg, Motel, and AlcoholReviews. I've also participated in the Perpetual Motion Roadshow and the Needle Exchange Hour reading series. In 2006, I became a co-founder--...more




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Book of the Week: The Man Who Watched Trains Go By by Georges Simenon

He was a quiet man. That's what they always say about the guy who one day picks up an axe and wipes out the whole family. Kees Popinga, the central character of Georges Simenon's The Man Who Watched Trains Go By, is just such a fellow. He's got everything dialed nice and tight. He's obsessed with having constructed a first rate life: a wife, a daughter, a stove, and a house all of the "highest qu...more
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avg rating: 4.30 | 10 ratings | 7 reviews | 2 distinct works | 1 fan
The Love Book The Love Book
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avg rating 4.25 — 8 ratings — published 2007
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Job in Williamsburg Job in Williamsburg
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avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2009
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Miss Lonelyhearts &... 06/30 Ken is currently reading:
Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust (Paperback)
by Nathanael West
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Look at the Birdie:... 06/25 Ken gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Look at the Birdie: Unpublished Short Fiction (Hardcover)
by Kurt Vonnegut
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The Red Album of Asb... 03/17 Ken is currently reading:
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752259 Ken wrote: "I learned a long time ago, that writing reviews is no way to earn a living. However volunteering for...more "

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Look at the Birdie: Unpublished Short Fiction (Hardcover)
by Kurt Vonnegut
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Repetition Patterns Ken gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Repetition Patterns (Electronic book)
by Ben Tanzer (Goodreads author)
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Ken Ken said: "Tanzer follows up his first two novels with a an extremely well-crafted collection of stories. All of the stories are full of heart and each of the characters has an almost desperate longing for their lives to get better. The title comes across as a ...more "
Parasyte, Volume 2 Ken gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Parasyte, Volume 2 (Paperback)
by Hitoshi Iwaaki
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Parasyte, Volume 1 Ken gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Parasyte, Volume 1 (Paperback)
by Hitoshi Iwaaki
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752259 Ken wrote: "Thanks for the great review Alex. Glad you dug the story. "

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"Wohlrob writes urban folktales that skewer pretentious behavior and slyly capture the offbeat characters who texture the city. In this novella, a Puerto Rican janitor with a genuine passion for art finally gets a painting in a gallery, with unsettlin...more "
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message 4: by Ruth
06/23/2009 04:56AM

2278610 Thanks for the add Ken!


message 3: by Heather
03/15/2008 01:51PM

870231 Ah!! now I know Dylan's "Under Milkwood"


message 2: by Heather
03/14/2008 01:01PM

870231 Are you enjoying Thomas's work? Have you ever read his wife Caitlin? What a life they had!


message 1: by Kirk
03/06/2008 05:35AM

667059 Hi Ken: Thanks for inviting me to your friends list. And thanks for the nice comment about my book's nomination, both on my page and the small-press group. That was kind of you. I enjoyed your video and hearing about the Blacksmiths---you guys don't look old enough to have a 30-year-reunion tour. Man, Freebird Books looks like a great store! Your reading was great, too---nice commentary on Irishness. Congrats on The Love Book!


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