Month: July 2009

July 18, 2009

>In an Uncharted Country available for pre-order

>My linked short story collection IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY is now available for pre-order from the publisher Press 53. Links to the publisher are…
July 18, 2009

>ASC: Titus Andronicus

>Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus is not often performed, which explains why I had never experienced the play until I went to the American Shakespeare Center‘s…
July 17, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Rat Beach" by William Styron

>This story, which will be included in a collection to be published this year, is among the year’s best in The New Yorker. The…
July 15, 2009

>Literary Fiction Defined

>Here’s a nice essay by Andrew Nicoll, author of The Good Mayor: A miss, then a hit. The main point of the article is…
July 15, 2009

>Sewanee Writers’ Conference 2009

>The wonderful Sewanee Writers’ Conference kicks into gear today (check in and opening ceremonies were yesterday), and I’m not there. I wish I were….
July 14, 2009

>E.C. Osondu Wins Caine Prize

>E.C. Osondu has won the Caine Prize (the “African Booker”) for his story “Waiting,” which appeared in Guernica. See the Poets & Writers announcement:…
July 13, 2009

>A Home with a Hideout

>This is a great article in the New York Times about novelist Roxanna Robinson: For a Writer, a Home with a Hideout. Robinson has…
July 13, 2009

>The Trouble with Book Signings

>I’ve been thinking about bookstore appearances lately, and have started to schedule them for the publication of my book. It’s hard, though, especially with…
July 9, 2009

>New Issue: Carve, Summer 2009

>Check out the Summer 2009 issue of Carve.
July 8, 2009

>The Widow’s Season by Laura Brodie

>The Widow’s SeasonLaura BrodieBerkley Books ($14.00) Sarah McConnell’s husband is dead. Or is he? That’s his ghost she keeps seeing, isn’t it? No, it’s…