James H Duncan
@jameshduncan.bsky.social
Poet, Writer, Editor, Indie Bookshop Reviewer
Hobo Camp Review + The Bookshop Hunter
Website: jameshduncan.com
Hobo Camp: hobocampreview.blogspot.com
The Bookshop Hunter: thebookshophunter.com
Hobo Camp Review + The Bookshop Hunter
Website: jameshduncan.com
Hobo Camp: hobocampreview.blogspot.com
The Bookshop Hunter: thebookshophunter.com
I saw Train Dreams this weekend and enjoyed it. Nothing quite breaks your heart like the understanding that time, love, friends, family, and life is passing you by, and when it's gone it's not coming back. And that's scary, and that's beautiful, and the film nailed all the emotions of the novella.
November 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I saw Train Dreams this weekend and enjoyed it. Nothing quite breaks your heart like the understanding that time, love, friends, family, and life is passing you by, and when it's gone it's not coming back. And that's scary, and that's beautiful, and the film nailed all the emotions of the novella.
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Every legal pundit every time Trump does something illegal
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Every legal pundit every time Trump does something illegal
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We are currently open for submissions with guidelines at our website!
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November 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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A Halloween poem from my book Nassau. Have a spooky night out there!
October 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A Halloween poem from my book Nassau. Have a spooky night out there!
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October 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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My write-up of Big Blue Marble Bookstore in Mt. Airy, Philly, Pennsylvania is now up at The Bookshop Hunter blog.
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A Review of Big Blue Marble Bookstore — James H Duncan
551 Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia, PA The Mt. Airy neighborhood just north of Philly is packed with lovely homes that all seem to have front gardens of tomatoes or colorful flowerbeds growing right a...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
My write-up of Big Blue Marble Bookstore in Mt. Airy, Philly, Pennsylvania is now up at The Bookshop Hunter blog.
www.jameshduncan.com/the-bookshop...
www.jameshduncan.com/the-bookshop...
It's the time of year I set aside an evening to watch Sport Team I Like try to put a bouncy ball into a score hole more times than Sport Team I Feel Indifferent Toward. It is the only sport I know anything about so please do not take this as an indication that I know of other sporting circumstances.
October 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It's the time of year I set aside an evening to watch Sport Team I Like try to put a bouncy ball into a score hole more times than Sport Team I Feel Indifferent Toward. It is the only sport I know anything about so please do not take this as an indication that I know of other sporting circumstances.
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We got the Lucha contingency out here
October 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We got the Lucha contingency out here
Sadly closed a while back, because we need bookstores like this now more than ever.
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A Review of Unoppressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Bookstore — James H Duncan
34 Carmine Street, New York, NY Separated by more than 18 months and a worldwide pandemic, I finally returned to New York City this June to scour for more bookshops. It was both awkward and a relief...
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October 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Sadly closed a while back, because we need bookstores like this now more than ever.
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Submissions will open November 1 and close at the end of November, 2025, for an issue that will go live in early 2026. No theme, no fee.
If you don't hear back within that window, reach out to us. Now and then a sub slips into our junk folder. We want to make sure you get a response ASAP!
If you don't hear back within that window, reach out to us. Now and then a sub slips into our junk folder. We want to make sure you get a response ASAP!
October 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Submissions will open November 1 and close at the end of November, 2025, for an issue that will go live in early 2026. No theme, no fee.
If you don't hear back within that window, reach out to us. Now and then a sub slips into our junk folder. We want to make sure you get a response ASAP!
If you don't hear back within that window, reach out to us. Now and then a sub slips into our junk folder. We want to make sure you get a response ASAP!
Every single true crime story that takes place before 1920 goes: "He entered Otis Jefferson's apothecary and asked for 44 tablets of strychnine to kill some rats in his barn. Two days later his new wife disappeared, or as he said, left to visit a distant relative. No one asked further questions."
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Every single true crime story that takes place before 1920 goes: "He entered Otis Jefferson's apothecary and asked for 44 tablets of strychnine to kill some rats in his barn. Two days later his new wife disappeared, or as he said, left to visit a distant relative. No one asked further questions."
It appears I have won a MacArthur Fellowship Doofus Grant and I now owe them $800,000. This writing degree gets more useless by the day!
October 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It appears I have won a MacArthur Fellowship Doofus Grant and I now owe them $800,000. This writing degree gets more useless by the day!
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Submissions open November 1 and close at the end of the month for an issue that will go live in early 2026. No fee, no theme.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Ten years from now, after trillions more dollars spent and untold limited resources wasted, we'll still be making fun of how useless and shitty AI is, all while it absolutely ruins numerous industries, occupations, and the environment.
October 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Ten years from now, after trillions more dollars spent and untold limited resources wasted, we'll still be making fun of how useless and shitty AI is, all while it absolutely ruins numerous industries, occupations, and the environment.
One Battle After Another is easily the best movie I've seen all year, by a mile. I walked out of that the same way I felt walking out of No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, and Once Upon a Time In Hollywood.
October 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
One Battle After Another is easily the best movie I've seen all year, by a mile. I walked out of that the same way I felt walking out of No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, and Once Upon a Time In Hollywood.
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Coming to Troy, NY in a couple weeks!
September 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Coming to Troy, NY in a couple weeks!
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It's very likely we will open to submissions one more time before the end of 2025. Details will be coming soon but the issue will have no theme, with no fee as always.
September 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's very likely we will open to submissions one more time before the end of 2025. Details will be coming soon but the issue will have no theme, with no fee as always.
I have an indie bookstore blog called The Bookshop Hunter and here's my entry for the great Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books
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A Review of Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books — James H Duncan
5445 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA Whenever I visit a new bookshop, one of the most important things I look for is any unique angle, theme, or vibe that sets the store apart from any other. No o...
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September 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I have an indie bookstore blog called The Bookshop Hunter and here's my entry for the great Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books
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all i know is that normalizing debate with fascists has only facilitated the rise of fascism.
September 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
all i know is that normalizing debate with fascists has only facilitated the rise of fascism.
I have a dentist appointment tomorrow on 9/11 and if he doesn't say, "Never forget...to floss" I'll be filing a report with the better business bureau.
September 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I have a dentist appointment tomorrow on 9/11 and if he doesn't say, "Never forget...to floss" I'll be filing a report with the better business bureau.
I found an old notification from Ello from that one day I used it in, what, 1758?
September 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I found an old notification from Ello from that one day I used it in, what, 1758?
City Sunlight No. 7, watercolor on paper by Michael Chapman
September 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
City Sunlight No. 7, watercolor on paper by Michael Chapman
It dawned on me today that I'm getting close to 20 years since joining MySpace/social media and meeting a bunch of "online friends" who became face-to-face friends. I met more important people this way who I'm still in touch with than high school and college combined.
September 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It dawned on me today that I'm getting close to 20 years since joining MySpace/social media and meeting a bunch of "online friends" who became face-to-face friends. I met more important people this way who I'm still in touch with than high school and college combined.