Writings by David Barry Temple

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Forgotten People of Taiwan  is a collection of fictionalized short stories of people: the indigenous alcoholic getting back to the land, a rag-picker, an acupuncturist with modern remedies, a pinball warehouse, and ex-pat carpet-baggers; wandering  spirits, broken and forgotten. 

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  In Smoke No Fire, my first novel, read how rock ‘n’ roller Johnny Livewire grows from a youth in a broken family  to become a man in flames igniting the hearts of women and  sparks of stardom in  New York’s emerging punk scene. Read an excerpt here. 

In the follow up to Smoke No Fire, our pilgrim goes to Taiwan, becomes active in the American progressive movement, and  leaves his abusive wife behind. He sharpens his points on the way to his  his final resolve; from street poet to union bard, and finally, when he thought it was over, an appearance with a famous band.

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A Western Metempsychosis 

In my third novel, an alternate history, the repentant murderer goes back in time to undo his crime intent on righting the wrongs perpetrated on innocent victims of genocide.

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Someone is murdering expats in Taipei. Hard-nosed Nate Fisher returns to his old stomping ground before another death to find out; is it political assignation or the rage of  a sick-minded psychopath? Pick up the clues in my fourth novel.

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Here is a collection of my best blog writing. Each title in Taiwan Blog Transmissions can be traced to the original photo blog article on-line. Readers can enjoy stylized posts, photos and videos attachments there, but these stories stand on their own.

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Creative writing is a process. Read what thought goes into my writing projects; the bricks and mortar of literary creation, editing, revision, making it real, and the angst of publishing. 

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Han River Poems from Taichung is a collection of a hundred poems written in 2013-2014 with illustrative photographs on-line. I pause to reflect on life in the shimmering waters of the Han River in Taichung, Taiwan. Philosophical anarchism, disdain for material wealth and society, and love of liberty, in the tradition of Han-Shan, the naturalist Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty, who refused to live in a world of pretense that disregarded  nature.

Read a poem here 

 Poets from around the world shared a week of camaraderie in Tainan's historic Main Library and around this vital city 

My reading of "Plum Rain Suddenly"                https://youtu.be/GYRK_znHSnY

The Cats Journey to Taiwan is a blog by four Brooklyn cats that journeyed to the other side of the world revealing the perils of pet emigration, quarantine, and the joy of life abroad. These American pioneers  join forces with Latte, a native Taiwanese street cat telling their stories in pictures and words                                                      Read the introduction here.

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