Dispatches and Marginalia from Michael DeVault
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A life in words…

Whether you’re looking for the novelist, the essayist, the journalist, or just the good ol’ fashioned pain in the ass Michael DeVault, congratulations. You

Feb 15
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A Dozen Months. A Dozen Cities. One of them near you.

UPDATE: This tour *is* going to happen. I am willing it so. However, life (graduate school, new job, old new job, new old job,

Jan 17
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Is this what Journalists have become?

Like every red-blooded American male, I love sports. I love sports news almost as much as I love the actual watching of the sport.

Nov 28
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A Message of Thanksgiving

Today is the day those of us who live in the United States come together around the dinner table and eat ourselves into the

Nov 26
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Don’t go there.

Or: No really. Please don’t go there. Most of my friends will tell you I’m a man of very strong opinions. Sometimes, the passion

Sep 30
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Monday, funny Monday.

Or: Moving coffins on Labor Day. In addition to my books and to a sometimes-thriving marketing consulting business, I’ve worked as a journalist for

Sep 18
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Résumé

Or: The things I can do to a chicken. Résumé Razors pain you Rivers are damp Acids stain you And drugs cause cramp Guns

Aug 15
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The Politics of Patriotism

Or: When political dissent isn’t. I read with great interest the following story on NBC with dismay. It had been linked as a headline

Aug 13
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The art of selling yourself

Or: Why Spammers should be summarily executed. I get a lot of e-mail. My grandmother gets angry when I spend half my time looking

Aug 3
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Thanks, everyone!

Just wanted to say a quick word of thanks to all of the wonderful people who came out to Author! Author! Shreveport and especially

Jun 14