Month: July 2007

July 18, 2007

>Ray’s Road Review — Summer 2007

>The Summer 2007 issue of Ray’s Road Review is up, with work by Dorothy Hassan, Chris Duncan and others, including my story, “Heading for…
July 18, 2007

>Sewanee Writers’ Conference

>The annual Sewanee Writers’ Conference began yesterday and runs to the 29th. I’ve had two wonderful Sewanee experiences, in 2004 and 2006, and I…
July 18, 2007

>Harper’s Magazine: "Fiction" by Alice Munro

>There’s a terrific short story in the August 2007 issue of Harper’s Magazine: “Fiction” by Alice Munro. It’s a big story, involving several well-developed…
July 15, 2007

>Notes on book buying: remaindered friends

>I’ve been pretty good lately about not buying more books than I can read. Not totally good, but not as bad as I’ve sometimes…
July 13, 2007

>Booth Tarkington’s Cabin?

>Growing up in Indiana, I often heard about Booth Tarkington, perhaps until Kurt Vonnegut came along the most famous writer from Indiana. (Ross Lockridge,…
July 11, 2007

>Storyglossia No. 21

>The new issue of Storyglossia is appearing a bit at a time, as editor Steven McDermott rolls out a new story every few days….
July 10, 2007

>BookTour.com

>I definitely like the idea of BookTour.com, which is that you sign up for an account and it will tell you when an author…
July 9, 2007

>LitMag Wave: Arts & Letters Spring 2007

>I believe this is the first issue of Arts & Letters I’ve seen, and I’m impressed. It’s a well-made book and the content is…
July 8, 2007

>God is Dead, by Ron Currie, Jr.

>The front cover of this fine small book (official publication date: July 9, 2007) says coyly that it is “fiction.” Is it a collection…
July 7, 2007

>The New Yorker: "If I Vanished" by Stuart Dybek

>The theme is vanishing (memory, girlfriend, donut girl, cars in snow, tire tracks, digital pictures, etc.). Ceil has dumped Jack after asking him the…
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