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Earl Merkel
Earl Merkel
In case it slips my mind during this week's broadcast of "The Book, With Earl Merkel," here's an early shout-out to the reunion-happy. Class of '68 grads of my ol' high school: "Hey, you zany lunatics!"
Sadly, I can't attend --it's outside the mandated range of my ankle-monitor-- but it's been fun to see those long-ago names on the reminder e-mails that have landed in my in-box recently.
You asked for an updated "profile," guys... so here's mine (sanitized, in case a few Outstanding Warrants also slipped my mind). Go, Comanches!!
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Earl's schools include Cahokia High School. He later attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He works as an Author & Writer (and occasional iconoclast).
Earl is the author of the recently released suspense-thriller FIRE OF THE PROPHET; FINAL EPIDEMIC; VIRGINS AND MARTYRS; and DIRTY FIRE. His next novel --PROPHET AND EAGLE-- is scheduled for publication by Diversion Books (NYC) in Autumn 2013.
Music Earl likes includes just about anything from songwriter Linn Brown. He's also partial to early Laura Nero, and when motoring on borrowed motorcycles may well be ticketed for earbud-listening to such music as "Against The Wind" by Bob Seger. When sailing his li'l sloop Witchcraft, "Southern Cross" oft echoes across the waters.
Books he likes include far too many to be listed here, 'lest he inadvertently offend any of the many fine authors with whom he occasionally shares a conference panel and/or a drink.
TV shows he likes include Justified, though he'll fake a major illness to sneak back home and watch Modern Family (even re-runs)... and when Game Of Thrones, The Newsroom, or Banshee is broadcasting new episodes on premium cable, don't even THINK of telephoning him. (Earl mourns the loss of ROME and DEADWOOD, both for the fine storylines therein as well as for the fine actresses who uninhibitedly shed their costumes, also therein ...all in the interest of Art, of course.)
He favors single-malt Scotch-- though on occasion, a rough-edged tequila or three has been known to seduce him into singing bawdy songs in the broken Spanish he half-learned in long-ago classes taught by two quirky high-school Spanish I and II teachers. (And YOU guys know who I mean, eh?)
One of Earl's favorite quotes is:"Priest, to Voltaire as the Frenchman lay upon his deathbed: "Ah, Voltaire-- will you now, at last, renounce the Devil?"
Voltaire: "This is no time to be making new enemies."".
Currently, in addition to working on his books and freelance journalism assignments, he hosts a weekly radio show ("The Book, With Earl Merkel") on the Authors On The Air Global Radio Network.
Visit and "friend" him on Facebook. His website is online at triple-w earlmerkel dot com (spelled this way, 'cuz --mysteriously-- Classmates dot com won't allow inclusion of a web address... other than its own. H-m-m-m-m....)
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