Month: June 2009

June 30, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Ziggurat" by Stephan O’Connor

>I’m at a loss to explain this story, although I enjoyed reading it for the suspense. So I welcome (invite!) anyone to offer an…
June 25, 2009

>New Issue: Wag’s Revue

>There’s a new issue of Wag’s Revue just up, hot off the virtual presses. This issue features an interview with T.C. Boyle.
June 25, 2009

>New Issue: Sotto Voce

>There’s a beautiful new issue of Sotto Voce up, and it includes a terrific story by Mary Akers: “Thunderstones.”
June 24, 2009

>The Future of Bookselling

>I’ve been enjoying the series of articles in Poets & Writers in which agents and editors are interviewed. In the current issue (July-August 2009),…
June 24, 2009

>Novella?

>So, what is a novella, anyway? Most often you’ll hear a definition in terms of length–it’s a long short story or a short novel,…
June 23, 2009

>Download First Chapter for Free

>Visit Ron Currie Jr. to download for free the first chapter of Everything Matters! The book got a great review from Janet Maslin in…
June 23, 2009

>Wisconsin Review 43:2 Spring 2009

>My contributor copies of Wisconsin Review have arrived. The issue includes my story “Counterpoint.”
June 22, 2009

>Warning Labels on Books?

>A group of parents wants to remove Sherman Alexie’s YA novel, The Absolute True Diary of a Part-time Indian, from a reading list for…
June 21, 2009

>New Issue: Memorious 12

>There’s a new issue of Memorious: A Journal of New Verse and Fiction, and it looks good. Check it out.
June 19, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Idols" by Tim Gautreaux

>Now that’s a story. My favorite of the year so far, I think. As protagonists go, Julian Smith is not very likable (proof, in…