Joseph Sutton, God bless him, writes in the grand storyteller tradition of Jean Shepherd and William Saroyan
In Morning Pages, Sutton incorporates several short stories—amalgamating truth and fiction—which appear as if written by Halaby. A writer, Halaby is “having trouble writing” until…
San Francisco writer Joseph Sutton’s novel, Morning Pages: The Almost True Story of My Life, provides a rare glimpse into all the thoughts and feelings…
Syrian-Jewish writer and Los Angeles native Joseph Sutton (b. 1940) has just published his first novel, Morning Pages: The Almost True Story of My Life,…
“Joseph Sutton has an eye–for navel oranges and red rubies, for heroic cats and noble geckoes, for perfect mouths and super-sized bartenders.”
“Joseph Sutton is an exciting, vivid, and unique writer. He’s written two stories about his mentor William Saroyan in this collection. He covers a whole…
“Joseph Sutton loads all the bases with such classic American themes as sports, travel on the road, and rollercoaster relationships… [and] brings these tales home…
“Imagine taking your seat for a long flight with your favorite book. But the guy sitting next to you starts telling a story. A minute…
It’s not every day that someone goes from contemplating God to feeling like an average Joe in the same breath. But this makes perfect sense…
“When you think of Los Angeles, what comes to mind? Most people see a kaleidoscopic image of vibrant glamour, broken dreams, infinite variety, and cheap…
What is the writer’s method? How does a writer get strings of inspired words from his mind onto the page? Not very damn well if…