Hal Howland is the author
of After
Jerusalem: Short Fiction; The
Human Drummer: Thoughts on the Life Percussive; Landini Cadence: A
Rich Castillo Threesome, a finalist in
the 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and a recipient of the
2012 Eric Hoffer Award for excellence in independent
publishing; The
Sculpture Gardener: Short Fiction, winner
of an honorable mention in the Lorian Hemingway Short Story
Competition; and True
West: A Cultural
Reckoning. Howland
has released four
award-winning, critically acclaimed recordings, Every
Time It’s You, The Howland Ensemble, Reiko, and 10
Years in 5 Days, and
has received a jazz
fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. His Web site
address is www.halhowland.com.