Month: April 2007

April 29, 2007

>Wake Wake Wake, by Valerie Nieman

>It’s still poetry month and this weekend I read Valerie Nieman’s Wake Wake Wake. When I first saw the title I liked it–the repetition…
April 29, 2007

>The Road, by Cormac McCarthy

>My friend Ann Barker, who lives in Chiapas, Mexico, doesn’t like Cormac McCarthy’s work. “baroque” she calls it, but she must use that term…
April 28, 2007

>The New Yorker: "After the Movie" by Richard Rayner

>I don’t have much sympathy for Ed, an out-of-work writer in Hollywood who doesn’t seem to know where to turn. He’s about to lose…
April 28, 2007

>Birthday Boy

>Bhikku is 5 years old today. (The picture is the same one I used on his birthday last year but, believe me, he doesn’t…
April 27, 2007

>LitMag Wave: Cimarron Review No. 156

>Although I have submitted to Cimarron Review in the past (unsuccessfully), this is the first issue I’ve seen. And it isn’t the most recent…
April 24, 2007

>The Dzanc Prize

> Check out this exciting news from Dzanc Books: The Dzanc PrizeDzanc Books (www.dzancbooks.org) announces the inaugural Dzanc Prize – a monetary award to…
April 24, 2007

>LitMag Wave: Fugue No. 32

>I didn’t realize Fugue was so odd. Or maybe I did–I have read a number of issues–and just forgot. I hope I don’t forget…
April 22, 2007

>Comes the Peace, by Daja Wangchuk Meston (with Clare Ansberry)

>It is clear from the very beginning of this fast-paced memoir (published in March 2007 by Free Press) that the author has had an…
April 22, 2007

>Happy Birthday, Bill!

>Today is William Shakespeare’s birthday. The guy is old, but still going strong. There’s a party for him this evening at the American Shakespeare…
April 22, 2007

>The New Yorker: "Something Like Happy" by John Burnside

>This is the story of two sisters, Fiona, the narrator, and Marie. The girls have limited prospects although Fiona, who works as a bank…
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