Month: March 2010

March 31, 2010

>Emerging Writers Network: Small Press Month – Press 53

>Dan Wickett at Emerging Writers Network has been taking a look at a number of small presses during “Small Press Month.” A couple of…
March 30, 2010

>A Conversation with Tim O’Brien

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March 29, 2010

>Writers at the Beach 2010

> I came home a few hours ago from Writers at the Beach, the only writers’ conference I know that supports a charity, in…
March 29, 2010

>American Shakespeare Center Benefit Concert

> No way was I going to miss the the American Shakespeare Center Actors’ Renaissance Season Benefit Concert. I’ve been out of town and…
March 25, 2010

>Tim O’Brien: A Classic Looks at Twenty – The Ploughshares Blog

>Ploughshares takes a look at one of the greatest books of our time, The Things They Carried, on its 20th anniversary: Tim O'Brien: A…
March 25, 2010

>The New Yorker: "I.D." by Joyce Carol Oates

> I’m not a JCO fan, ordinarily, but in my estimation this is the best story of the year so far. Lisette Mulvey is…
March 23, 2010

>The New Yorker: "The Pura Principle" by Junot Diaz

> Yunior, who is still in high school, lives with his older brother Rafa and their mother. But Rafa has leukemia, and has been…
March 23, 2010

>The Secret to Success

> If you’re a book person, you’ve probably heard about a book called The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. The book,…
March 21, 2010

>Virginia Festival of the Book: Saturday

>Another long day at the Book Festival. This time I did make it for a 10am program: “Book Promotion for the 21st Century” moderated…
March 21, 2010

>Virginia Festival of the Book: Friday

>Friday at the Virginia Festival of the Book was almost as long as Thursday. I didn’t manage to get to a 10am program (I…