Month: February 2010

February 18, 2010

>Writers.com: Publishing the Short Story

>A new section of Publishing the Short Story, an eight-week course I teach through Writers.com, begins March 22. The course covers the nuts and…
February 18, 2010

>Book Tour: Chicago

>Next week I’m off to Chicago for several events to promote In an Uncharted Country. I hope my Chicago friends (those who haven’t fled…
February 16, 2010

>Work in Progress: Report

>I recently finished a draft of my novel. It’s 320 pages and 83,000 words long. And as soon as I finished it I made…
February 14, 2010

>The New Yorker: "Foster" by Claire Keegan

>I don’t know the work of the Irish writer Claire Keegan, but I like this story very much. Although the precise conflict isn’t immediately…
February 14, 2010

>Happy New Year!

>February 14 is the first day of the Year of the Tiger! Gong Xi Fa Cai!
February 13, 2010

>Press53 Cruise from New York

>Press53 Cruise from New York is a unique opportunity–take a beautiful, scenic cruise while exploring the world of writing with Press 53 and several…
February 12, 2010

>ASC: The Alchemist by Ben Jonson

>Although this is the American Shakespeare Center, the company likes to shake things up a little each season and do some non-Shakespeare, usually a…
February 11, 2010

>Harper’s: "Once an Empire" by Rivka Galchen

>I remember the excerpt from Galchen’s Atmospheric Disturbances that was in The New Yorker awhile ago. It was quirky and interesting, and so that’s…
February 11, 2010

>Book Tour

>I remembered today that I needed to update the Events page on my website because I’ve recently scheduled a lot of appearances in the…
February 10, 2010

>Jessie Carty interviews Cliff Garstang

>Must be an ego thing, but I like being interviewed. Check out this very nice conversation I recently had with Jessie Carty: Interview with…