Month: January 2006

>by Douglas Trevor This stunning collection of stories won the Iowa Short Fiction Prize in 2005. (This year’s winner is Jim Tomlinson. Congratulations, Jim,…

>There’s some new stuff to read at IdentityTheory.com, including an interview with Chip Kidd.

>The Huffington Post? Well, sure, why not. Check out Rob Spillman’s column on books. One item that caught my eye in particular was the…

>Winners of the 2005 Utne Independent Press Awards have been announced, including, for Best Writing, Oxford American. Not surprised—it’s a fine magazine. Thanks to…

> The Winter 2005 issue of Shenandoah (Vol. 55 No. 3) arrived shortly before Christmas. Cover artwork is again by Julie Speed, who also…

>My review of Hannah and the Mountain by Jonathan Johnson is up at MoorishGirl.com

>By George Singleton Singleton’s comic stories seem to be everywhere, and I guess in a short form they are tolerable. Stretch that out into…

>New year, new look. Reactions?

>I made a friend when I went out to get the mail this afternoon. Meandering around the neighbors’ yard was a Black Labrador, who…

>Recently, when I was in residency at VCCA, I think, I saw several gingko trees in various stages of undress. I found it curious…