Month: November 2007

November 21, 2007

>Thanksgiving at VCCA

>I realize that the holiday is actually tomorrow, but our Thanksgiving feast is tonight so that the staff, or most of them anyway, can…
November 21, 2007

>VCCA: Roof

>It’s amazing what that blue sky does for a roofline, ya know? Monday and Tuesday here were pretty similar, although today was warmer. I…
November 19, 2007

>VCCA: Osage Orange

>Sunday here is no different from any other day except that breakfast is served a little later. I got out to my studio around…
November 17, 2007

>Underway at VCCA

>I got settled in here yesterday and am thrilled to be here. My studio is great, my room is fine, the food is better…
November 16, 2007

>Virginia Center for Creative Arts

>I’m off today for an intensive writing period at the VCCA. The forecast calls for intermittent blogging.
November 16, 2007

>Denis Johnson wins National Book Award

>The winners of the National Book Award were announced last night. The winner in fiction was Denis Johnson for Tree of Smoke, about which…
November 15, 2007

>Six Little Things No. 8

>Check out the latest issue of my favorite tiny magazine, Six Little Things.
November 14, 2007

>AWP NYC

>I received a brochure from AWP today about the 2008 conference in NYC. If I weren’t already set to go, I’d be making my…
November 14, 2007

>Size Matters

>Received this today: “Dear Contributor,We thank you for the opportunity to read the work you submitted. We regret that we cannot accept it for…
November 13, 2007

>FreeRice.com

>It’s a game! It’s a vocabularly builder! It’s procrastination! It’s a fun way to help ease world hunger! Free Rice is all of the…