Month: December 2009

December 14, 2009

>VCCA Report, Day 3

>On Sunday morning we woke up to ice everywhere. Breakfast was limited–the kitchen regulars couldn’t get in–and it was even tricky making the short…
December 13, 2009

>VCCA Report, Day 2

>It was nice to see Chef Rhonda at dinner Friday night. She has made such a difference here! After dinner, there was a Fellows…
December 11, 2009

>VCCA Report, Day 1

>I’m rewarding myself with a little internet break! I got here Thursday morning, after a beautiful drive over the mountain. I spent the afternoon…
December 10, 2009

>Do you know the way to VCCA?

>I’m off to VCCA today. That’s the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, an incredible retreat for artists. “Retreat” never sounds right, though, because…
December 9, 2009

>NEA Literature Fellowships (Prose)

>Congratulations to the recipients of the 2010 Literature Fellowships (Prose), especially my friends on the list. It’s a great honor (and also a tidy,…
December 9, 2009

>The New Yorker: "All That" by David Foster Wallace

>Is it safe to assume that this “story” is an excerpt from David Foster Wallace’s posthumous novel, The Pale King, due out in 2011?…
December 8, 2009

>Big Blend Magazine

>I am featured today in Big Blend Magazine, and if you scroll down to the bottom, just to the right of my picture, you…
December 8, 2009

>Beg, Borrow, Steal by Michael Greenberg

> Beg, Borrow, Steal – A Writer’s LifeMichael GreenbergOther Press, 2009 Many readers are likely to come to this book having read the Michael…
December 8, 2009

>The Literacy Site

> Do you click every day? I do. First thing in the morning, I go The Literacy Site and click and then click on…
December 8, 2009

>Nice Words About In an Uncharted Country

>Author Jana McBurney-Lin has some nice things to say about In an Uncharted Country at her blog: My Half of the Sky (which is…