Month: July 2006

July 22, 2006

>Sewanee–Day Four

>We started with another full morning: Scholar readings (Julie Funderburk, Rebecca Kanner and Brendan Mathews), Fellow readings (Josh Bell, Michael Hyde and Tim Wendel)…
July 21, 2006

>Sewanee–Day Three

>Thursday was full. It began with readings by scholars–Rachel Cantor, Amy Glynn Greacen, Jamie Poissant and Ken Urban–well attended by the conference. Jamie’s story…
July 20, 2006

>Sewanee Day Two–The First Full Day

>The first full day of conference activities began (not counting my early morning walk down Tennessee Avenue into the woods, a hearty breakfast, and…
July 19, 2006

>The Beginning

>After checking in, self-orientation, unpacking, the first event was dinner at the Inn, an excellent opportunity to meet people. We all wandered over to…
July 18, 2006

>Off to Sewanee

>You know this already, but I’m going to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, which starts later today. I’ve got a healthy drive ahead of me,…
July 17, 2006

>The Dead Fish Museum

>by Charles D’Ambrosio It occurs to me that a book of short stories is as good as the best story in the collection. So…
July 16, 2006

>Sunday Miscellany

>Lists. Do you make lists? Especially when I’m about to travel, I tend to make long to-do lists of things that absolutely must be…
July 15, 2006

>River Oak Review

>I picked up a copy of Vol. 2, No. 2 (Fall 2005) of River Oak Review on the freebie table at the IU Writers’…
July 14, 2006

>Rant 2

>Not me, although I could easily come up with something good if I get started. No, this was a performance (Rant 2: NYRFACE) I…
July 13, 2006

>Tin House Summer Writers’ Workshop

>The Tin House Summer Writers’ Workshop is going on right now out in Portland. I feel like I’m missing out on something, since it…