Month: August 2009

August 30, 2009

>Get Lit!

>Check out the new blog, Get Lit!, and, in particular, this review of Women Up On Blocks by Mary Akers.
August 30, 2009

>Sign

>This is the week. The push begins. My book arrives this week. The pre-orders will be shipped out (after I’ve inscribed the copies) and…
August 29, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Fountain House" by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya

>“There once lived a girl who was killed, then brought back to life.” That’s a fairly stunning opening sentence, it seems to me. And…
August 24, 2009

>Collection Evolution

>I have a guest post up today at Flash Fiction Chronicles: Collection Evolution. Check it out for a little taste of how my book,…
August 24, 2009

>Shya Scanlon Serialized

>Here’s an interesting development. Shya Scanlon‘s novel Forecast is being serialized across 42 blogs, websites, and journals. I happened to stumble upon Chapter 12,…
August 21, 2009

>"Writing the Literary Short Story" — Writers.com

>Beginning Monday, August 24, I’m teaching an online class through Writers.com: Writing the Literary Short Story. It’s a ten-week class for intermediate and advanced…
August 20, 2009

>New Issue: Vestal Review #36

>Vestal Review #36 has just gone live. Among other things, check out this Interview with Stuart Dybek by MaryAnne McCollister.
August 19, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Max at Sea" by Dave Eggers

>This is an excerpt from Eggers’s new book, due out in October. It’s based on his screenplay, which is based on Maurice Sendak’s “Where…
August 18, 2009

>New Stories from the South

>My copy of this year’s edition of New Stories from the South, edited by Madison Smartt Bell, arrived today. I wish I could say…
August 18, 2009

>Recommended Reading

>I make an appearance today at Ravi Mangla’s Recommended Reading. Come take a look at what I’m reading, and then browse the visits with…