email: william@pupsbooks.com
About Pup's Books
A black Lab proudly displays a rooster pheasant near Burlington, CO. Photo by
© Jerry Neal/Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW).
Pup's Books is a Manhattan-based publishing collective, founded to
promote the writing projects of life-partners Mr. Jan Ewing, aka Boss, and
Mr. William J. Cataldi, aka pup.
(November 26, 2021) For thirty years, I have felt that as long as Stephen Sondheim was alive,
everything would be okay. We are in despair over his death at age 91 today.
He was one of a small handful of the greatest artists, the greatest men, whom humanity has produced.
There are no words to express our immense suffering at this loss.
(January 2022) Welcome. The year has seen many new theater reviews in Ewing Reviewing; new and old work in the pup's writing blog; Ivan VI, Jan's masterpiece; and the publication of Ewing Reviewing 2020. So you can see we've had a busy year. The older download pages still exist, and we encourage you to read some of the best writing we have done over the years on those pages: Pride Literature, for work of interest to LGBTQ and other flexible-minded folks; and Sample PDFs, for work of special interest to thinking humans in general. Finally, if we hold your interest long enough, please reward us by purchasing a book or two in Buy Books. May the New Year 2022 be as productive as last, for us and you. Go Webb!
(October 2021) This month we celebrate the twenty-seventh year of our extremely useful and productive partnership. We could not be the writers we are individually, if we hadn't had such intense time spent with one another. Like Dante and Beatricia, or Abelard and Heloise, or Paolo and Francesca, we will truly be known as Boss and pup, inseparable, for hundreds of years after our demise.
(July/August 2021) pup has written a new essay, The Contract Book. Additionally, we have created a new blog for pup's unpublished short written work, the "pup's writing" blog.
(June 2021) During June, the nation celebrates LGBTQ Pride. In that spirit, we encourage you to engage with our Pride Literature page, where you can find samples of our work,
which relate to our experiences as homosexual men.
(May/June 2021) The much-anticipated Zoom production of Jan Ewing's new play, Ivan VI, is in the can. It premiers at 5pm (EST), on June 4, 2021, and will be available on demand at this video link
until 11:59pm (EST), June 7, 2021. For more information, please click this link.
(February 21, 2021) Today we published our annual Ewing Reviewing 2020 with reviews, associate listings, art, and performance information on 59 live and zoom works offered during 2020. In addition, the book features a full spread of pandemic era photographs by DLW Photography NYC of theaters devoid of people. It's a wonderful piece of photojournalism by Dan Lane Williams (click for prints). See sample pages of the photospread at this link. We're excited to offer this document of theater, and informative and entertaining look back on 2020 in New York.
For our theater review work, go to Ewing Reviewing.
Our theater review work is done in conjunction with Hi! Drama,
Eva Heinemann's legendary off- and off-off-Broadway salon.
You can check out Hi! Drama's biweekly video show at this link.
You can explore our work more generally at Sample PDFs.
Want to find out more about us or Pup's Books?
Explore our website for background information, then read what strikes your fancy.
To purchase anything, visit Buy Books.
Please consider a small donation to Pup's Books, so that we may continue our work in bringing you literature and supporting theater. PayPal.me/pupsbooks
"Art is like playing with fire. Neither one of us knows how to manipulate the fire without getting burnt.
I come away from writing projects an absolute mess, covered in wounds and scars."
— pup
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Despite a ray of hope with the success of the Biden transition, the world remains a deeply self-divided, angry place. We look back fondly on an innocent time that never really existed, when Americans pretended at least, that we were all sisters and brothers. We take refuge in art and the humanity art encourages.
Mr. Jan Ewing, aka Boss
Mr. Ewing, a classically trained musician, has directed theater across the country, and has written dozens of books. His pornography, written under the pseudonym Jack Evans, is in the collection of Cornell University. He is presently working as a New York theater critic for Hi! Drama, and currently promotes his magnificent new play, Ivan VI. He is working on the balance of The Red Headed Kid, an autobiographical novel, Parts 1 & 2 of which are now available on Amazon. Part 3 is in the works.
Email: janewing@pupsbooks.com.
Mr. William J. Cataldi, aka pup
Mr. Cataldi attended Wesleyan University, SUNYAB, and CCNY, but never completed his degree. He studied Humanities and Math. He avidly practices his Christian Taoist religion. Due to Mr. Ewing's influence, he now also writes theater reviews for Hi! Drama. His first book, Sex and God and Other Essays, explores his religion, sexuality, and an assortment of philosophical topics. He has written a play, Love v. Marriage, which he currently promotes. He finds comfort in his blue-collar existence.
Email: william@pupsbooks.com