Month: April 2009

April 9, 2009

>Best Face Forward: Building a Website

>I recently participated in a seminar on book marketing. It was useful, in large part because it put together in an organized fashion bits…
April 9, 2009

>Recent Acquisitions: Secret Son by Laila Lalami

>Between writing, teaching, gardening and other stuff, I’m not getting as much reading done just now. But new books keep coming out and they’re…
April 7, 2009

>HTML Giant Secret Bunny?

>I went out to lunch today–needed to tap into some wireless for downloading purposes–and while I was in town I stopped into my favorite…
April 6, 2009

>ASC Auction

>Bid on swashbuckling lessons! A stage debut! Scansion lessons from Dr. Ralph himself! And other stuff, with the proceeds benefiting the American Shakespeare Center….
April 6, 2009

>Short Praise

>A.O. Scott’s piece in Saturday’s New York Times (In Praise of the American Short Story) makes some very good points. A young writer who…
April 6, 2009

>Musical Interlude

>I visited the Blackfriars Playhouse tonight, but not for Shakespeare. Well, it was, in a way, since part of the proceeds of the concert…
April 5, 2009

>Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilson

>I’ve mentioned this book by Kevin Wilson a couple of times before, and no doubt will again when I actually hold the thing in…
April 4, 2009

>"Hedgehog" by Paul Muldoon

> Check out other poetry animations at Poetry Everywhere.
April 3, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Visitation" by Brad Watson

>Visitation, as in the right of a parent to visit a child under a decree of divorce or separation. Visitation, as in a calamitous…
April 2, 2009

>Fiction Writers Review

>I’m not sure how Fiction Writers Review has escaped my attention until now, but there is a lot to explore at the site, including…