Month: June 2008

June 26, 2008

>Deer Season

>It’s deer season. Not in the hunting sense, but in the sense that I’ve been seeing them constantly the last few days. It began…
June 25, 2008

>The New Classics

>Entertainment Weekly gives us a list of The New Classics–the best reads from 1983-2008. What’s missing? (I’ve read 30 of these, hope to read…
June 24, 2008

>New Issue: The Pedestal Magazine #46

>There’s a new issue up of The Pedestal Magazine, including an interview with Ellen Bryant Voigt.
June 24, 2008

>New Issue: Right Hand Pointing #21

>There’s a new issue of Right Hand Pointing, and it just happens to include a little something by me: “No Sudden Moves.”
June 24, 2008

>LitMag Wave: One Story #104

>“Harriet Elliot” by Robin Black has some outstanding moments. The arrival of Harriet in the co-op school is one of them, where at first…
June 23, 2008

>The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008

>My copy hasn’t arrived yet, but I’m looking forward to reading The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 “A Composer and His Parakeets” Ha JinZoetrope…
June 22, 2008

>Distraction

>For me, focus has become a major obstacle to my productivity. I can ignore the phone, which doesn’t ring all that often anyway, and…
June 20, 2008

>Best Book Ever

> Check out this and other great stuff at Red Room.
June 20, 2008

>The Bookstack–R.I.P.

>I heard yesterday that our local independent bookstore has closed. This is no surprise, really, as it’s been clear for some time that it…
June 18, 2008

>The New Yorker: "The Headstrong Historian" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

>It is rare for a short story to cover the entire span of a person’s life, but this one does that and more. It…