Month: November 2006

November 12, 2006

>LitMag Wave: Zoetrope All Story

>Zoetrope: All Story is an odd magazine, in part because of its emphasis on design. Sometimes, for me, the design of the magazine interferes…
November 11, 2006

>The Emperor’s Children, by Claire Messud

>Even if I wasn’t thrilled with the ending, this is a terrific book, beautifully written. It is the story of Murray and Annabel Thwaite,…
November 10, 2006

>Jim Tomlinson Interviewed

>Susan Henderson has a nice interview with Jim Tomlinson, author of Things Kept, Things Left Behind, on LitPark this week.
November 10, 2006

>Get Down by Asali Solomon

>Farrar, Straus & Giroux recenlty released Get Down by Asali Solomon. I was quite pleased to note that in the acknowledgments she thanks the…
November 8, 2006

>It appears that novelist James Webb has defeated incumbent Senator George Allen in an extremely close race here in Virginia. I’ve been wrapped up…
November 5, 2006

>Workshop

>Our workshops met today in the Queens library. Our group, meeting with Don Lee, was excellent, and first we heard a little about how…
November 4, 2006

>Friday at the Queensalumnithing

>We were off this morning. Originally the time was meant for manuscript preparation, but since we got the manuscripts ahead of time, some of…
November 3, 2006

>Arrival

>The trip down to Charlotte was beautiful–a sunny day, golden leaves on the mountains. If not for all the traffic it would have been…
November 2, 2006

>On the Road

>I’m taking a little trip tomorrow, down to Charlotte, N.C., for the very first Queens University of Charlotte MFA Alumni Program. In addition to…
November 2, 2006

>EMU’s Writers Read Series

>A commenter on the previous post informs me of the Writers Read series at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg. Although I confess that I’m…
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