Dan Krotz

Ogalalla Blue

Daniel Krotz | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 1978 the Corp of Engineers built a 48 million dollar reservoir in Oklahoma called Optima Dam. Due to declines in groundwater, it has never held so much as a teacup of water.

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In Praise of Doing Things Badly

Daniel Krotz | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is every bookseller's pleasure -- and our obligation -- to support the self-published writer who will not be stilled by market forces, publishing companies, critics or inhibition.

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All Literature Is Gossip

Daniel Krotz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rain fell hard all day during the Arkansas Bookseller's Show and the wind daunted even the most serious of book buyers and readers. The convention center was exactly empty.

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The Best Lack All Conviction

Daniel Krotz | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama seems to be having a rocky time steering the Ship of State lately. He tacks right, he tacks left; he sails in an ever widening circle. We've been given many explanations for this reality.

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Shooting Fish in a Barrel: Stephen King and Under the Dome

Daniel Krotz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Under the Dome is about what happens when a place and the people who live there are locked inside a glass dome: no one can get in and no one can get out.

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All Literature is Gossip

Daniel Krotz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The modern world does not wear its heart on its sleeve," John said, to no one in particular, apropos of nothing. He sipped a cup of coffee and stared off into space. "It wears it up its sleeve like a card shark."

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Burying Ben Franklin

Daniel Krotz | Posted 05.25.2011

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My friend is depressed by how things are turning out. He realizes how unreflective he has been, and he has suddenly realized how badly people are being served by our institutions.

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