Month: January 2010

January 9, 2010

>Diary of an Interesting Year (not to be confused with the Helen Simpson story of the same name)

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January 8, 2010

>New Issue: The Short Review, January 2010

>The January edition of The Short Review is now live and filled with lots of cool stuff, including reviews of books by Alice Zorn,…
January 7, 2010

>Lethem on Writing

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January 7, 2010

>LitMag Wave: Redivider, Vol. 7 No. 1

>I spent this evening with the latest issue of Redivider, a publication of Emerson College. There are several things about the issue that I…
January 7, 2010

>The New Yorker: "Baptizing the Gun" by Uwem Akpan

>And so begins a new year of New Yorker stories. Starting with: This story by Uwem Akpan began well enough, steeped in conflict. The…
January 6, 2010

>Book Giveaway!

>Register to win a copy of IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY from the good people at Big Blend Radio. Contest ends Saturday, January 9 at…
January 5, 2010

>Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

>Let the Great World SpinColum McCannRandom House 2009 I’ve just finished this book, my first read of 2010. It’s a fine book, although I’m…
January 4, 2010

>Literary Magazines: 750/160

>Are you a writer? Do you support literary magazines? Do you subscribe to one or more? I think every writer who wants to be…
January 3, 2010

>In an Uncharted Country in Richmond Times-Dispatch

>I had a pleasant surprise today when I saw that In an Uncharted Country was mentioned in today’s Virginia Book Notes in the Richmond…
January 3, 2010

>Off a Side Road Near Staunton

>My friend Jim Barszcz, editor of the College Hill Review, just sent me a link to this Stanley Plumly piece in the Washington Post’s…