Month: September 2009

September 30, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Victory Lap" by George Saunders

>Last week’s story was very good, but this one is better. Or at least I enjoyed it more and was more compelled to keep…
September 30, 2009

>Andrew’s Book Club Mini-interviews

>Andrew has posted mini-interviews with Anne Sanow and Holly Goddard Jones at Andrew’s Book Club. Anne’s and Holly’s books are the picks for September…
September 28, 2009

>Zoetrope Surprise

>I subscribe to Zoetrope: All Story, and the latest issue arrived recently. I was busy and set it aside on my desk to look…
September 28, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Temporary" by Marisa Silver

>Everything is temporary. Vivian is living with Shelly in a temporary space (it’s not really housing at all) and they’re only temporarily friends. Vivian…
September 27, 2009

>Podcast of New Dominion Reading

>The reading I gave on Friday afternoon at New Dominion Bookshop in Charlottesville is available as a podcast on the Charlottesville Podcasting Network. Also,…
September 27, 2009

>Poetry Reading: Charlotte Matthews

>Branching out a little, The Sacred Circle held a poetry reading this evening. The reader was Charlotte Matthews, who lives on the other side…
September 27, 2009

>Book Happenings

>What with teaching and trying to make some progress on my new book and taking care of my sick dog (he’s better now!) and…
September 23, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Land of the Living" by Sam Shepard

>I didn’t hate this story, and it isn’t a novel excerpt, so that makes it one of the best stories of the year so…
September 22, 2009

>Winter Wheat Festival

>I just found out that I’ll be giving a craft talk at the Winter Wheat Festival at Bowling Green State University in November. It’s…
September 22, 2009

>Poll: Best of the NBA

>Go here to vote in the National Book Foundation’s poll of the best of the winners of the National Book Award. NBF has come…