Month: August 2008

August 24, 2008

>New Stories from the South 2008

>Here’s a terrific review in the Miami Herald of the 2008 volume of New Stories from the South. And this is going to sound…
August 23, 2008

>Narrative

> The Narrative Magazine site re-design is a big improvement, in my opinion. It never felt like a magazine to me before, and so…
August 22, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Awake" by Tobias Wolff

>I like Tobias Wolff’s work very much and I’m reading my way through his new book, Our Story Begins. But I doubt seriously that…
August 20, 2008

>Miami Book Fair International

>My attention has just been drawn to the Miami Book Fair International , the 25th edition of which runs this year from November 9-16….
August 20, 2008

>Out there

>One picture is sometimes worth an infinite number of words: Astronomy Pics of the Day
August 20, 2008

>Bread Loaf

>Bread Loaf 2008 is going on right now, through the end of this week. I’m not there, of course, but I bet I’d be…
August 20, 2008

>New Issue: Barrelhouse

>Check out the new issue of Barrelhouse!
August 20, 2008

>Computer Problems Persist

>I hesitate to say that the problems are fixed, but I’ve spent a fair number of hours over the last few days reinstalling various…
August 16, 2008

>Howard Junker to retire

>Poets & Writers reports that Howard Junker intends to retire but is looking for someone to take over the helm of ZYZZYVA. Is this…
August 16, 2008

>LitMag Wave: Whitefish Review Vol. 2, No. 1

>The third issue of Whitefish Review (Volume 2, Number 1) isn’t memorable for my short story, “The Nymph and the Woodsman,” although it has…