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M. Vert

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M. VERT....by Russell Dupont “Monsieur Vert. Thank you coming.” He was wearing one of those heavy artichoke-colored winter coats, the ones with the toggle buttons and pinned a few inches under the collar on the left side of the coat was a small shamrock. He shook my hand and gave a slight bow. “S’il vous . . .,” he started and then paused and closed his eyes for moment. “Please,” he said, “no ‘Monsieur’. You may call me Basil. My full name is Basil O. Vert.” He paused once again and then slowly pronounced his middle name for me. “The ‘O’,...

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Harry Tolland is the main character is Russell Dupont's novel, Waiting for The Turk, the first in a series of detective novels set in South Boston, Massachusetts. Harry's creator has written two other novels; King & Train and its sequel, Movie' On. He is also the author of a collection of short stories, Norman Mailer Walks into a Bar and other stories; and two collections of poetry; Jazz at the Point and One Foot in Front of the Other. His work has been published in numerous journals, including:
amazon.com/author/russelldupont
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https://gravatar.com/russelldupont
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https://www.writeoutloud.net/profiles/russelldupont
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For some of my latest work —
https://theprosepoem.com/unfinished/#more-1989
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The Poetry Porch
https://www.poetryporch.com/dupont24.pdf
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JerryJazzMusician
https://jerryjazzmusician.com/?s=Russell+Dupont
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Lothlorien Poetry Journal
https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2023/09/five-poems-by-russell-dupont.html
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Verse-Virtual
https://www.verse-virtual.org/2023/September/dupont-russell-2023-september.html
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Stone Soup Featured Poet, 6/2021
https://youtu.be/0hJ2ZUEd8iE
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Rye Whiskey Review
https://ryethewhiskeyreview.blogspot.com/search?q=dupont
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Poets & Writers
https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/russell_dupont