1K+ Subscribers || A Call for Questions 🙋

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

I'd love to hear you talk more about your early history in art and music. How did you learn to draw/paint/play guitar? Who were your early influences in art and music? Who are you drawn to now in art and music? I'd also like to hear you talk about your almost lifelong interest in James Joyce. How did it begin? How did you end up studying Joyce in Ireland? What is it about Joyce that speaks to you so deeply? I probably will have more questions, but I'll send them to you later.

[@bighardbooks770]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 Those are superb questions! Thanks, Pat 🤗

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@ I’ll send more as I think of them.

[@RaynorReadsStuff]

Fabulous video Allen. I’d really like to know the five of your heroes you would like to spend an evening with, eating, drinking, chatting 😊

[@TheGrapeJellyLibrary]

You are very open minded, a terrific quality to possess! I hear you talk about books that you like and even love, but I really never heard you talk about books that you dislike. What is a book that you really, really, really can’t stand. 😉

[@bighardbooks770]

@@TheGrapeJellyLibrary Oooo, great question ('cause I've got a few)! 📚

[@M-J]

Yay! Congrats buddy! 👏🏼 What is your favorite go to snack or drink when reading and or what is your favorite tarot card - either because of the art or the meaning? Keep on creating!

[@bighardbooks770]

@@M-J I love my M&Ms and Cabbage Patch Kids gummies! Thanks, MJ! 🤗

[@readandre-read]

Do you have favorite museums? Favorite bookstores? Favorite visual artist or period of art? Five books to take to a desert island? Best decade of music?

[@bighardbooks770]

@@readandre-read Great questions (still "stuck in the 70s," for music, I must admit ...) 😂 Thanks, Angelia!

[@jennyjaybles]

Congratulations Allen! I can't think of any questions but I just want to say where I work at a non profit I see people when they are at their worst point in their lives, coming out of prison, jail, shelters, the hospitals and I rarely get to hear positive stories about people overcoming things and their lives getting better so I am just very glad to hear that you have been through things and now things are better for you.💙

[@TriumphalReads]

Glad to hear about the milestone! For a question, what are some animals you really like for whatever reasons?

[@patriciah8579]

Poor Ducks. 🦆 Go Irish! ☘ I'll ask about poetry--how you first came to it, likes and dislikes (and how those have changed over the years). Favorite poets? Encounters with poets in the wild? Anything you want to share on the topic. 😊Congrats on the milestone, Allen!

[@bighardbooks770]

@@patriciah8579 Good question! Thanks, P ... I'll talk about Denis Johnson and Norman Dubie: Both great poets; both _D.E.A.D._ ⛼ 👿 ⛼

[@gingerbibliophile]

Congrats!! What’s your favorite art medium to work with?

[@bighardbooks770]

@@gingerbibliophile Good question, Kat! Thanks. 🤗

[@ReadbyFred]

Congratulations on 1k subscribers Allen! My two questions are: has booktube changed since you first started; and, what brought you to booktube?

[@bighardbooks770]

Great questions from you, as per usual, Fred ☺ And, I have answers for them! Stay tuned ... ☺

[@bookssongsandothermagic]

Congrats mate, that’s awesome! My question is: what is left on your bucket list? What do you want to do the most in the next 10 years?

[@bighardbooks770]

@@bookssongsandothermagic Great question, Gareth, thank you! My "plan/fantasy" is to get back to Ireland, fall in love, get married, become a duel citizen, and immigrate there! I'm a trust fund baby, so, if I live long enough I shall make this happen. 🙏

[@jeremyfee]

Congratulations on the 1k! There's always the classic question: Who would win in a fight, Caveman or Spaceman? Peace.

[@bighardbooks770]

@@jeremyfee Thanks for the question, Fee! (I'll work w it!) 😂

[@unstopitable]

Damn, you were a guest of Arpaio? Do tell, bro. I'm all ears. Anything you want to talk about. Cheers.

[@bighardbooks770]

@@unstopitable O! So, youve heard of Sheriff Joe, ah? Yeah, I'll tell some stories about him, alright. (Ive only seen one human being more physically _UGLIER,_ then him, in my entire life, and that person is: His _WIFE!)_ 😋

[@unstopitable]

@@bighardbooks770 Heh. That guy sounded like a real bastard.

[@Maeve_Ever_Books]

Loved seeing all your art pieces! I also love discussions on religion vs spirituality. My questions are: Do you have a favorite tattoo? Could you show it to us and tell us more about it? Is there a tattoo you’d like to get in the future? If you had to fight for one global cause for the rest of your life, which would it be? What would you say is the craziest thing you've ever done? If you could only describe yourself in three words, what would they be?

[@bighardbooks770]

@@Maeve_Ever_Books Wow, Maeve, great questions! Thanks, a lot 😂 (I have answers to all of them!) 🐙

[@Maeve_Ever_Books]

@ I can’t wait to hear your answers!

[@anotherbibliophilereads]

So glad you made it over the 1K line. Is there a book that made you mad enough you wanted the throw it across the room?

[@bighardbooks770]

@@anotherbibliophilereads Yes, there was one, _once_ when I actually did just that (and you'll _never guess_ what that book was)! 📚

[@trippingoverstacks]

Hi Allen. Congrats on hitting the 1k milestone. Which brand of guitar strings do you like best and what gauge? Do you think of Buddhism as a philosophy, a religion, or anything else? How has Buddhism affected your life? What would you do if you could spend the day with James Joyce?

[@bighardbooks770]

@@trippingoverstacks Wow, great questions! I really appreciate it! (I have answers to all of them) 🇮🇪

[@JamesRuchala]

Tell me about your guitar collection

[@bighardbooks770]

@@JamesRuchala Great question (it'll be a pretty short answer, but I've a handful of guitars in 45 years; just took the tele in for string gauge change, mod bridge pick up, and fake pearl pick guard, last night)! Thanks, James 🎸

[@BookishTexan]

My question: When are you going to write your memoir!

[@bighardbooks770]

As soon as I find that _perfect tone_ on my Telecaster, Brian 🎸 Naw, maybe the year 2025, ah? I might have a prison novel in me, yet 😉 Thanks, Brian! 🖋

[@BookishTexan]

@ I’m volunteering right now to beta read. You are so f-ing talented, had so many incredible experiences, and have achieved some remarkable things. If you feel like it you have some great and powerful stories to tell whether in a novel or a memoir. I’d be proud to help you in any little way that I can.

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

I bought a book from Powells Burnside in 2010. What were you doing in 2010?

[@bighardbooks770]

Ahhhhhh, very interesting question, David, thank you ... I was getting out of prison in Tucson, AZ awaiting my parole to end so that I could finally escape to ... Portland, OR! Ha! I just missed ya! 📚