DAVID FINKLE AUTHOR/COLUMNIST
  • David Finkle Author/Columnist
  • Humpty Trumpty
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David Finkle is a New York-based writer who concentrates on politics and the arts. He writes regularly on theater, books and music for New York Stage Review and The Clyde Fitch Report, where he is chief drama critic. He's contributed to scores of publications, including The New York Times, The Village Voice, The New York Post, The Nation, The New Yorker, New York, Vogue, Mirabella, Harper's Bazaar, Psychology Today, Saturday Review and American Theatre.  He is the author of   People Tell Me Things, a story collection, The Man With the Overcoat, a novel,  Humpty Trumpty Hit a Brick Wall: Donald J. Trump's First Year in Verse and Great Dates With Some Late Greats, a story collection.
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"The face is familiar. Elihu knows he can easily place it. He doesn't complete the thought because the young man speaks... 'My name is Ethan Haas. My mother is Emily Haas. You're my father.'"
In his twenties Elihu Goulding was a famous, award-winning author of two novels. His work brought fame and fortune and yet he stopped writing. Instead, he traveled, renting various places in which to live. Each time he appreciated the solitude of his newest surroundings.
Now Eli is entering his senior years and adapting to his latest rental, a New York City brownstone. One day, while taking a shower, Eli hears the front door buzzer ring, followed by assertive thumps from the door knocker. Once he is dressed and has decided the disturbance must be addressed, Eli opens the door to find a carbon copy of his younger self. Whether Eli likes it or not, an unknown chapter in his life is about to begin.
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​Speed dating with Jane Austen and watching Marilyn Monroe fulfill her life’s dream of playing Hamlet on a New York stage, while Babe Ruth plays sandlot baseball with a group of New Jersey teenagers are only a sample of the wonderful stories to be found in David Finkle’s new collection. Homer, Machiavelli, Harry Truman, Mona Lisa, and many more are brought to life in the 21st Century to bring their perspectives, opinions, and personalities to an unassuming narrator who can not believe his good fortune. After all, wouldn’t we all like to meet Elvis, or Jesus for that matter? Told with Finkle’s signature wit and sharp eye for the ironic and absurd in life, Great Dates With Some Late Greats will inspire readers’ imagination and leave them laughing for more.David Finkle is a writer and journalist focusing on the arts and politics. 

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"Finkle is that rare writer who achieves great effects without seeming to try."
— Roger Ebert
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A collection of short stories under the title 
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"Great Dates With Some Late Greats."
In each one a famous dead person appears in the life of someone who needs help in some way.

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Paul Engler’s Story, or Marilyn Monroe is Hamlet

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Doug Reithauyser’s Story, or Babe Ruth Rounds Home

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Archie Horgan’s Story, or Jesus, Meet Elvis

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Ted Prentiss’s Story, or Jane Austen Meets Her Match in Three Minutes

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Anton Reynolds’s Story, or Mona Lisa, Smile!​

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Edgar Chapman’s Story, Or Where There’s A Will​

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The Man With the Overcoat
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Read The Reviews
Chanticleer Book Reviews
Chelsea Now, interview with David
Foreword Reviews
AdWeek's "FishbowlNY"
Shelf Awareness 
Lambda Literary
Reviews by Amos Lassen

People Tell Me Things
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  • David Finkle Author/Columnist
  • Humpty Trumpty
  • The Hour of Lateral Thinking Listen to David on WBAI