Mickey Z

Cool Observer

Saturday, August 09, 2008

Mother Puncher: An interview with Gina Ranalli

Upon first contact with Gina Ranalli, it was instantly clear that we were kindred spirits. Gina is a prolific writer with a punk rocker’s soul and an activist’s heart. She’s a vegan, a feminist, and a wiseass rebel who has written books known as “Bizarro,” sold over 100 paintings, raised hell in punk bands, and just loves her 1977 Fender Strat.

Gina’s latest novella is Mother Puncher and the lead character, well, punches mothers. Specifically, he punches mothers just after they give birth...ostensibly to teach them a lesson. Ranalli’s brilliant dystopian vision never strays too far from what passes for reality today-and that’s where Mother Puncher delivers the knockout blow (sorry, couldn’t resist). She holds up a mirror to a clueless culture on a collision course with oblivion.

Full interview here

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And: thanks again to everyone who was there at Waltz-Astoria on Thursday night.

(I hope to have a You Tube link up very, very soon)

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A mini review of my novel here

Love this blurb:
“Mickey Z. has written a novel about the end of the world that reads like a Stanley Kubrick movie of a Kurt Vonnegut novel cut into little pieces and spliced back together.”

Order my novel here

Also, if you click the same link, you can do me a favor and post a favorable review at Amazon.

(Think: Henry Miller meets Bukowski and Vonnegut at Sunday Mass)