Complex Simplicity

Facts. Opinions. Anecdotes. Reviews. Narration. Persuasion. Speculation. Punctuation. Musings. Meanderings. Lists. Twists. Geography. Astronomy. History. Gastronomy. Athletics. Aesthetics. Comics. Economics. Hiking. Holidays. Hamilton. Politics. Blues. Brews. Tattoos. Earth. Pathos. Ethos. Logos. Mirth. Complex Simplicity reprints the first 101 entries from Peter Dabbene's monthly column in the Hamilton Post newspaper, plus assorted essays focusing on comic books, movies, social media, politics, mixed martial arts, astronomy, and more. With humor and style, these pages probe the important and not-so-important issues of everyday life in New Jersey, and America at large.

Peter Dabbene grew up in New York, but now makes his home in Hamilton, New Jersey. His fiction has been published in many literary journals, and in the story collections Prime Movements and Glossolalia. His poetry has also been published in literary journals, and collected in the photo book Optimism. He has written the graphic novels Ark and Robin Hood, and a novel, Mister Dreyfus' Demons. His latest books are the humor trilogy Spamming the Spammers, More Spamming the Spammers, and The End of Spamming the Spammers. His website is www.peterdabbene.com.