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ROCKED IN TIME
The Resistance Trilogy, Volume III
Rocked in Time slips behind the scenes of a blasphemous theater company hell-bent on toppling America’s Vietnam-era establishment with punch lines, pratfalls, and comic rebellion.
Along the way, our protagonist pursues a love for the stage, a passion for resistance, and a sexual revolution amid the tear-gassed campuses and burning cities of a nation at war with itself.
Read the Confessions of a Radical Theater Artist
The Resistance Trilogy, Volume III
Rocked in Time slips behind the scenes of a blasphemous theater company hell-bent on toppling America’s Vietnam-era establishment with punch lines, pratfalls, and comic rebellion.
Along the way, our protagonist pursues a love for the stage, a passion for resistance, and a sexual revolution amid the tear-gassed campuses and burning cities of a nation at war with itself.
Read the Confessions of a Radical Theater Artist
A BOWL FULL OF NAILS
The Resistance Trilogy, Volume II
Finalist, Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction
Bronze Medalist, Independent Publishers Book Awards
Volume II offers a fast-moving tale full of humor, action, and espionage in a rollicking account of America's rebellious, back-to-the-land counterculture.
A Bowl Full of Nails, draws on the author's life as a political theater worker, antiwar activist, carpenter, communard, and counterculture gypsy while he explores the intricate dance between the personal and the political.
Published in 2015 by Harvard Square Editions
The Resistance Trilogy, Volume II
Finalist, Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction
Bronze Medalist, Independent Publishers Book Awards
Volume II offers a fast-moving tale full of humor, action, and espionage in a rollicking account of America's rebellious, back-to-the-land counterculture.
A Bowl Full of Nails, draws on the author's life as a political theater worker, antiwar activist, carpenter, communard, and counterculture gypsy while he explores the intricate dance between the personal and the political.
Published in 2015 by Harvard Square Editions
A Bowl Full of Nails — an audio excerpt by the author
GATES OF EDEN
The Resistance Trilogy, Volume I
Silver Medalist, Historical Fiction, 2012 Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY)'A gutsy, uncompromising read.' — S. Weinstein, NotAnotherBookReview
Set amongst the turmoil of the Vietnam War at home, Gates is a fine novel, very much recommended. — The Midwest Book Review
Gates of Eden tells the story of seven young rebels who unite with their compatriots to build the most powerful antiwar movement in American history. Set against the turmoil of the Vietnam Era, Gates’ charismatic characters transform “hell no, we won’t go” into a fierce celebration of collective action, shared passions, and the pursuit of their own deeply personal dreams.
More praise for Gates of Eden...
War is not to be waged lightly. Set amongst the turmoil of the Vietnam War at home, Gates of Eden is a fine novel of the period, very much recommended. — The Midwest Book Review
Gates of Eden is no sentimental apologia for the Sixties. It's the real deal. Charlie Degelman was there, living his life for keeps, moving at the same breakneck pace as his characters. I know. I was there with him. — Peter Coyote, actor, author, Sleeping Where I Fall
Degelman’s boisterous characters take us on a freewheeling ride through the Vietnam antiwar movement. Gates of Eden resonates as a new generation embarks on its own journey of resistance and rebellion. — Eric Watson, filmmaker, Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain
Gates of Eden is an important novel. Excellently written and profoundly moving, Degelman explores the tangled relations of a country at war — not only in Southeast Asia but at home, with itself.” — Sharon Dilworth, author, Year of the Ginko
Published in 2012 by Harvard Square Editions
The Resistance Trilogy, Volume I
Silver Medalist, Historical Fiction, 2012 Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY)'A gutsy, uncompromising read.' — S. Weinstein, NotAnotherBookReview
Set amongst the turmoil of the Vietnam War at home, Gates is a fine novel, very much recommended. — The Midwest Book Review
Gates of Eden tells the story of seven young rebels who unite with their compatriots to build the most powerful antiwar movement in American history. Set against the turmoil of the Vietnam Era, Gates’ charismatic characters transform “hell no, we won’t go” into a fierce celebration of collective action, shared passions, and the pursuit of their own deeply personal dreams.
More praise for Gates of Eden...
War is not to be waged lightly. Set amongst the turmoil of the Vietnam War at home, Gates of Eden is a fine novel of the period, very much recommended. — The Midwest Book Review
Gates of Eden is no sentimental apologia for the Sixties. It's the real deal. Charlie Degelman was there, living his life for keeps, moving at the same breakneck pace as his characters. I know. I was there with him. — Peter Coyote, actor, author, Sleeping Where I Fall
Degelman’s boisterous characters take us on a freewheeling ride through the Vietnam antiwar movement. Gates of Eden resonates as a new generation embarks on its own journey of resistance and rebellion. — Eric Watson, filmmaker, Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain
Gates of Eden is an important novel. Excellently written and profoundly moving, Degelman explores the tangled relations of a country at war — not only in Southeast Asia but at home, with itself.” — Sharon Dilworth, author, Year of the Ginko
Published in 2012 by Harvard Square Editions
Gates of Eden — the author reads an audio excerpt
I write short-short stories for this unique literary site. These stories draw on my own experiences and reflections, but who knows where memoir ends and fiction begins?
Current Favorites — Resistance
Given present circumstances, the tales below might remind us that we never stopped resisting. Mas o menos, we've been here before, done that, ready to do it again.
Current Favorites — Resistance
Given present circumstances, the tales below might remind us that we never stopped resisting. Mas o menos, we've been here before, done that, ready to do it again.
"Midnight Shift at the Bulletin"
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"Digger Bread"
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"Do you, Mister Jones..."
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"Stanley Mouse & the Little White Pill"
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Traveler's Tales
Los Mechanicos Published by Travelers Tales in Cuba, an anthology of true stories, dreams, and impressions
I wrote this story as part of a collection of impressions I gathered during a Cuban – American writers conference held in Havana. It was my second trip to Cuba, the first being a journey with Indecent Exposure, a theater company.
Cuba can be confusing to Americans. The 60-year, U.S.-imposed blockade, el bloqueo as the Cubans call it, has created an illusory curtain of romance, suspicion, and myth about the island, its people, its government and culture. Americans have funny impressions of Che and Fidel, Cuban cigars, rum... and its vintage American cars.
I wanted to massage a modicum of reality into the oft-repeated romantic notions Americans have of Cuba and I chose its resurrected American autos as... yes, my vehicle for doing so.
Read "Periodo Especial," another short story in my collection of Havana Sketches...
I wrote this story as part of a collection of impressions I gathered during a Cuban – American writers conference held in Havana. It was my second trip to Cuba, the first being a journey with Indecent Exposure, a theater company.
Cuba can be confusing to Americans. The 60-year, U.S.-imposed blockade, el bloqueo as the Cubans call it, has created an illusory curtain of romance, suspicion, and myth about the island, its people, its government and culture. Americans have funny impressions of Che and Fidel, Cuban cigars, rum... and its vintage American cars.
I wanted to massage a modicum of reality into the oft-repeated romantic notions Americans have of Cuba and I chose its resurrected American autos as... yes, my vehicle for doing so.
Read "Periodo Especial," another short story in my collection of Havana Sketches...