Frank Mundo's Blog - Posts Tagged "chaucer"
(VIDEO) Frank Mundo reads The Brubury Tales at UCLA
I started a new youtube channel for videos of readings. The first two videos are up, which are from a reading of The General Prologue of my book The Brubury Tales I did at UCLA's Kerckhoff Hall.
http://www.youtube.com/user/FrankMund...
I definitely need to get my own camera and post some higher quality videos and audios than these in the future. For now, these are all I have, so they'll have to do. I hope you like it.
http://www.youtube.com/user/FrankMund...
I definitely need to get my own camera and post some higher quality videos and audios than these in the future. For now, these are all I have, so they'll have to do. I hope you like it.
The Brubury Tales by Frank Mundo is now available as an eBook
The Brubury Tales by Frank Mundo is now available as an eBook for Kindle, Nook, iPad, etc --> http://tinyurl.com/39cohny
Much better video reading of The Brubury Tales
My wife made this great video reading. The audio is much better than the UCLA video reading of The General Prologue to The Brubury Tales.
http://tinyurl.com/29c8csz
http://tinyurl.com/29c8csz
The Brubury Tales Ebook on sale only $7.96
The Brubury Tales eBook is on sale for only $7.96. Save 20% off the eBook edition price on Amazon.com --> http://tinyurl.com/39cohny
eBook edition contains full-book text and foreword by Carolyn See, linked table of contents for fast navigation and is audio-enabled.
Not sure how long the sale will last, so check it out. I think you'll like it, and right now, it's less than the price of a movie ticket.
eBook edition contains full-book text and foreword by Carolyn See, linked table of contents for fast navigation and is audio-enabled.
Not sure how long the sale will last, so check it out. I think you'll like it, and right now, it's less than the price of a movie ticket.
The Brubury Tales gets a 5 star review from The Sacramento Book Review
I'm so excited. My new poetry book The Brubury Tales got a great review from The Sacramento Book Review. Yay.
"5 stars: This piece of art is in honor of The Canterbury Tales with a remarkable twist." Sky Sanchez for The Sacramento Book Review.
"In the original, a fleet of pilgrims travel together on a voyage participating in a story-telling contest; in Mundo’s we are dropped into the highly sensitized streets of Los Angeles after the riots. The competitive storytelling is swapped between seven security guards on night watch. The stakes? Christmas vacation time. Translated into today’s culture and language, written completely in verse (!), are the classic stories of such greats as Twain, Dickens, and Boccaccio, among many others.
Verse poetry, for the modern poetry reader, can teeter on tedious and sing-songy, sometimes disengaging the reader from the subject, but this is not the case here. His skill is astounding and has a natural cadence. These stories are intriguing and compellingly human, and soon enough the reading becomes listening."
Read the full review http://sacramentobookreview.com/poetr...
Here are some more great reviews of The Brubury Tales
“The Brubury Tales [by Frank Mundo] is a landmark book, in what is going to be -- and already is -- an exceptional, distinguished literary career.”
-- Carolyn See, the Friday-morning book reviewer for the Washington Post and bestselling author of Handyman and There Will Never Be Another You.
5 Stars: A fine collection and not one to be missed - Midwest Book Reviews
"Through history, things again and again repeat, and the tale of a millennia ago rings much of the tale today. "The Brubury Tales" is a collection of short stories of the format of seven security guards exchanging stories to passing the time after the Los Angeles riots. With inspiration from many literary classics and plenty of original spin, "The Brubury Tales" is a fine collection and not one to be missed."
5 stars: A brilliant blend of classical short stories - Richard Blake for Reader Views
"Mundo has captured the illusiveness that accompanies the familiar guarded attempt at intimacy. He understands there is a hesitancy to become vulnerable and completely honest when seeking friendships. Frank also provides insight into self-discovery and self-understanding.
This is a book that will entice the uninitiated to pursue reading the genuine classic stories that inspired "The Brubury Tales." Readers of the classics will re-live the originals as they become addicted to Mundo's amazing and unique narrative.
Frank Mundo, already an award winning author is well on his way to gaining recognition as an established literary writer. "Brubury Tales" is a brilliant blend of writing, combining the style of Chaucer while putting a new slant on the short stories of the classical writers."
5 Stars: Morgan St. James, author "The more I got into the rhythm of Frank’s brilliantly written poetry, the more I enjoyed it and felt compelled to keep reading. By the time I was at the middle of the book, I was completely in step with the difference between reading prose and poetry. The meat of the stories had a familiar ring and with good reason. They were updated versions of stories by Dostoevsky, Dickens, Boccaccio, O Henry, Poe, Twain, Gilman, Crane, Saki, Anderson, Bierce, and even Khayyam’s Rubaiyat, all told in Frank’s unique style.
As someone who would not ordinarily select a book completely written in poetry, I can say I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Somehow the mind takes off in a different direction than when reading prose. It is a rhythmic, comforting way to become immersed in the story and I can recommend this book to both lovers of poetic works and those who have yet to take the plunge."
5 Stars: The Brubury Tales is a unique and powerful new book -- Laura Frazin-Steele, LA Books Examiner
The Brubury Tales reflects Frank Mundo's clear and honest voice along with his prosaic writing style. Frank takes risks with his writing, which is sensitive, thoughtful, and gritty....Frank Mundo's security guards share their suspicions, and they show us their raw and innermost feelings. They also leave us with a sense of hope.
Read more reviews at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Brubury-Tales-F...
Watch a video reading on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6NlKU...
Watch the book trailer for The Brubury Tales http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMvzmW...
"5 stars: This piece of art is in honor of The Canterbury Tales with a remarkable twist." Sky Sanchez for The Sacramento Book Review.
"In the original, a fleet of pilgrims travel together on a voyage participating in a story-telling contest; in Mundo’s we are dropped into the highly sensitized streets of Los Angeles after the riots. The competitive storytelling is swapped between seven security guards on night watch. The stakes? Christmas vacation time. Translated into today’s culture and language, written completely in verse (!), are the classic stories of such greats as Twain, Dickens, and Boccaccio, among many others.
Verse poetry, for the modern poetry reader, can teeter on tedious and sing-songy, sometimes disengaging the reader from the subject, but this is not the case here. His skill is astounding and has a natural cadence. These stories are intriguing and compellingly human, and soon enough the reading becomes listening."
Read the full review http://sacramentobookreview.com/poetr...
Here are some more great reviews of The Brubury Tales
“The Brubury Tales [by Frank Mundo] is a landmark book, in what is going to be -- and already is -- an exceptional, distinguished literary career.”
-- Carolyn See, the Friday-morning book reviewer for the Washington Post and bestselling author of Handyman and There Will Never Be Another You.
5 Stars: A fine collection and not one to be missed - Midwest Book Reviews
"Through history, things again and again repeat, and the tale of a millennia ago rings much of the tale today. "The Brubury Tales" is a collection of short stories of the format of seven security guards exchanging stories to passing the time after the Los Angeles riots. With inspiration from many literary classics and plenty of original spin, "The Brubury Tales" is a fine collection and not one to be missed."
5 stars: A brilliant blend of classical short stories - Richard Blake for Reader Views
"Mundo has captured the illusiveness that accompanies the familiar guarded attempt at intimacy. He understands there is a hesitancy to become vulnerable and completely honest when seeking friendships. Frank also provides insight into self-discovery and self-understanding.
This is a book that will entice the uninitiated to pursue reading the genuine classic stories that inspired "The Brubury Tales." Readers of the classics will re-live the originals as they become addicted to Mundo's amazing and unique narrative.
Frank Mundo, already an award winning author is well on his way to gaining recognition as an established literary writer. "Brubury Tales" is a brilliant blend of writing, combining the style of Chaucer while putting a new slant on the short stories of the classical writers."
5 Stars: Morgan St. James, author "The more I got into the rhythm of Frank’s brilliantly written poetry, the more I enjoyed it and felt compelled to keep reading. By the time I was at the middle of the book, I was completely in step with the difference between reading prose and poetry. The meat of the stories had a familiar ring and with good reason. They were updated versions of stories by Dostoevsky, Dickens, Boccaccio, O Henry, Poe, Twain, Gilman, Crane, Saki, Anderson, Bierce, and even Khayyam’s Rubaiyat, all told in Frank’s unique style.
As someone who would not ordinarily select a book completely written in poetry, I can say I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Somehow the mind takes off in a different direction than when reading prose. It is a rhythmic, comforting way to become immersed in the story and I can recommend this book to both lovers of poetic works and those who have yet to take the plunge."
5 Stars: The Brubury Tales is a unique and powerful new book -- Laura Frazin-Steele, LA Books Examiner
The Brubury Tales reflects Frank Mundo's clear and honest voice along with his prosaic writing style. Frank takes risks with his writing, which is sensitive, thoughtful, and gritty....Frank Mundo's security guards share their suspicions, and they show us their raw and innermost feelings. They also leave us with a sense of hope.
Read more reviews at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Brubury-Tales-F...
Watch a video reading on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6NlKU...
Watch the book trailer for The Brubury Tales http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMvzmW...
Video coverage of a poetry reading I did at the Pasadena Public Library
Video coverage of a poetry reading I did at the Pasadena Public Library –> http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com/ reading from my book The Brubury Tales, a modern version of The Canterbury Tales in Los Angeles.
Available on amazon in paperback and eBook.
http://www.amazon.com/Brubury-Tales-F...
Available on amazon in paperback and eBook.
http://www.amazon.com/Brubury-Tales-F...
The Brubury Tales now available for Kindle
The Brubury Tales is now available for Kindle. Yay! Check it out if you have a minute. ASIN:B007P73RT2
http://www.amazon.com/The-Brubury-Tal...
The Brubury Tales [by Frank Mundo] is a landmark book, in what is going to be -- and already is -- an exceptional, distinguished literary career. --Carolyn See of The Washington Post
Mundo's skill is astounding and has a natural cadence. These stories are intriguing and compellingly human, and soon enough the reading becomes listening. --Sacramento Book Review
With inspiration from many literary classics and plenty of original spin, The Brubury Tales is a fine collection and not one to be missed. --Midwest Book Review
The Brubury Tales is a brilliant blend of writing, combining the style of Chaucer while putting a new slant on the short stories of the classical writers. --Reader Views
A unique and powerful new book,The Brubury Tales draws upon Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and classic stories by Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, and Charles Dickens, to name a few. Frank Mundo takes risks with his writing, which is sensitive, thoughtful, and gritty. --Laura Frazin Steele, LA Books Examiner
Winner of a Poet Laureate Award Nomination from UCLA and CAL, The Brubury Tales has also won Reader Views 2011 Reviewers Choice Award for Poetry Book of the Year and the 2011 Bookhitch Award for the Most Innovative Book of Poetry.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Brubury-Tal...
The Brubury Tales [by Frank Mundo] is a landmark book, in what is going to be -- and already is -- an exceptional, distinguished literary career. --Carolyn See of The Washington Post
Mundo's skill is astounding and has a natural cadence. These stories are intriguing and compellingly human, and soon enough the reading becomes listening. --Sacramento Book Review
With inspiration from many literary classics and plenty of original spin, The Brubury Tales is a fine collection and not one to be missed. --Midwest Book Review
The Brubury Tales is a brilliant blend of writing, combining the style of Chaucer while putting a new slant on the short stories of the classical writers. --Reader Views
A unique and powerful new book,The Brubury Tales draws upon Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and classic stories by Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, and Charles Dickens, to name a few. Frank Mundo takes risks with his writing, which is sensitive, thoughtful, and gritty. --Laura Frazin Steele, LA Books Examiner
Winner of a Poet Laureate Award Nomination from UCLA and CAL, The Brubury Tales has also won Reader Views 2011 Reviewers Choice Award for Poetry Book of the Year and the 2011 Bookhitch Award for the Most Innovative Book of Poetry.
Number 81 on UK Bestseller List...
The Brubury Tales is currently #81 on the list of Amazon's bestselling poetry books in the UK! Very cool.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Brubury-Tal...
http://www.amazon.com/The-Brubury-Tal...
Number 40 on Italy Bestseller List...
Last week, The Brubury Tales made Amazon's bestseller list for poetry in the UK and it has now made the list in Italy, too, for books in English. Yay!
n.40 in Libri in altre lingue > Narrativa > Poesia
http://www.amazon.com/The-Brubury-Tal...
n.40 in Libri in altre lingue > Narrativa > Poesia
http://www.amazon.com/The-Brubury-Tal...
