Tony Vigorito's Blog
January 20, 2020
Reflections on the Birth of My Daughter, or, How I Discovered the Pointlessness of Life
Though I’m sometimes known to be handy with words, I’ve found myself rendered largely speechless by the arrival of Zia Starling—and hardly to mention the fantastic indefatigable feminine force of her mother, the beautiful Christina, a gentle hurricane goddess who touched the primal pulsing pounding throb of life on October 2, 2019 at 5:23 PM... Read more »
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December 20, 2018
A Comic, Cosmic Sensibility: A Conversation with Tom Robbins
(The following interview with Tom Robbins was originally published on Medium and Reality Sandwich.) Tom Robbins, bestselling author of nine perennially popular novels, as well as a book of short writings and a recent memoir, has been called everything from “Mark Twain with an illegal smile” to “the most dangerous writer in the world.”... Read more »
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May 23, 2018
Eden’s Dream: An Excerpt from Love and Other Pranks
Eden’s Dream is a painting by Simon Haiduk and inspired by my novel Love and Other Pranks. View the video for a spectacularly animated visual treat, and stay tuned for an opportunity to win a large, 28″ x 42″ archival canvas print… Enjoy! A chapter which inspired this piece is included below. Artistic expression (of... Read more »
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September 21, 2017
Asheville Grit: Love and Other Pranks
(The following review of Love and Other Pranks was originally published in Asheville Grit. The review was written by Ali McGhee.) * * * * * Tony Vigorito’s new novel, Love and Other Pranks, is just the time-traveling, reality-bending adventure story you’re looking for right now. The Möbius strip, a surface with... Read more »
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May 23, 2017
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BUY THE BOOK Paperback Amazon Barnes & Noble Powell’s Books-a-Million IndieBound Audiobook Audible Amazon iTunes Nook ListenUp Downpour OverDrive Scribd TuneIn Libro.fm Audiobooks eBook Amazon Barnes & Noble iTunes Kobo Read an interview Read an excerpt Read reviews Love and Other Pranks giveaway: Follow the 2 steps below to... Read more »
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May 8, 2017
Not All Who Wander Are Lost: An Excerpt from Love and Other Pranks
This excerpt of Love and Other Pranks begins at Chapter 5. Enjoy! Return to beginning 5 It’s not easy being a redheaded pirate. The sun was merciless on Flaming Jane’s fair skin in the first place, and became all the more so when reflecting off the sea. Flaming Jane knew Providence... Read more »
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Laughter is the Highest Prayer: An Excerpt from Love and Other Pranks
This excerpt of Love and Other Pranks begins at Chapter 3. Enjoy! Return to beginning 3 Though he obviously possessed the moxie somewhere within himself, Merlin was rarely so Casanova with women as he had been with Lila that Halloween, and was so that evening only because a couple of recently... Read more »
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April 10, 2017
Stealing Back Our Own Heart: An Interview with Tony Vigorito
(The following interview was originally published on Reality Sandwich, and is exclusively about Tony’s third novel. Special thanks to performance philosopher and all-around renaissance artist Michael Garfield for his thoughtful questions. A more general interview is available here.) Spoiler Alert: In discussing his novel, Love and Other Pranks, the following interview necessarily reveals plot details.... Read more »
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April 3, 2017
Yes, and Nectar
Yes, and Nectar is a song arranged by Jon Gonzales & Michael Lindner, with Gary Sugiyama on ukulele and featuring Mimi Pirard on backup vocals, and inspired by lyrics from a song in my novel Love and Other Pranks. Enjoy! Artistic expression (of any medium) inspired by my books is always welcome! ... Read more »
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