Month: October 2009

October 22, 2009

>Writers at the Beach

>I’ve just confirmed that I will be a speaker at the Writers at the Beach conference in Rehoboth Beach, March 26-28, 2010. This is…
October 20, 2009

>LitDrift.com

>I’ve just heard about a new blog/zine called LitDrift that looks pretty interesting. I poked around a little and I saw a way to…
October 20, 2009

>Still

>Rusty Barnes at Fried Chicken and Coffee reports on the birth of a new magazine: Still: Literature of the Mountain South, edited by Silas…
October 18, 2009

>ASC: Henry IV, Part 1

>Do not miss the American Shakespeare Center’s production of Henry IV Part 1 at the Blackfriars Playhouse, through November 27. I’ll definitely be seeing…
October 16, 2009

>Appearances: October 17

>I’ve got a busy day on Saturday, October 17, with two separate book-signings scheduled for In an Uncharted Country. First, from 10:00 am to…
October 16, 2009

>Marketing

>The Shouts & Murmurs column in the New Yorker this week is particularly funny: Subject: Our Marketing Plan. Funny, but painful. “We can send…
October 16, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Complicity" by Julian Barnes

>Our bodies, this story seems to be saying, are in complicity with our emotions. Young love gave the narrator a skin condition; divorce gave…
October 14, 2009

>National Book Award Finalists

>Congratulations to the finalists for the National Book Award: FictionBonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage (Wayne State University Press)Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin…
October 14, 2009

>Literary Salon at WriterHouse

>Last night, I had the honor and pleasure of participating in a Literary Salon at the wonderful WriterHouse in Charlottesville. If you don’t know…
October 14, 2009

>Red Brick District — Staunton VA

>Big news here in Staunton. Everyone who lives here knows that we are a vibrant arts community — theater, art galleries, crafts, and music…