Month: December 2010

December 21, 2010

>Vote for The New Yorker Story of the Year 2010!

>It’s time to vote for The New Yorker story of the year. Most people I’ve talked to think that New Yorker fiction has not…
December 21, 2010

>Last Day at VCCA

> Today is the last full day at VCCA and I think about half the remaining residents leave today. The rest of us are here…
December 20, 2010

>Sunday night at VCCA

> It’s very near the end of my residency (VCCA shuts down for Christmas on the 22nd) and it seems as though we’ve had…
December 17, 2010

>The New Yorker: "Young Thing" by Naruddin Farah

> Farah has a new novel coming out in 2011 and it sounds like this “story” is an excerpt from that. See this description…
December 15, 2010

>Wednesday already?

> Wednesday already? It seems like it’s been a busy few days here at VCCA. On Monday I had to dash back to the…
December 12, 2010

>Sunday at VCCA

> I arrived at VCCA on Thursday, got settled into my room and studio, and began to work. I had some papers to grade,…
December 9, 2010

>VCCA-bound

> Headed to VCCA today. That’s about all I have to say about that. Sporadic blogging ahead.
December 9, 2010

>Prime Number Magazine–update 3.5

> It’s a little earlier than planned, but I’m heading off to VCCA today, so thought I’d unleash the good words: Prime Decimals 3.5…
December 9, 2010

>The New Yorker–pay to play?

>Reader Andy suggested I create a post where readers could give feedback on the new policy at The New Yorker to limit access to…
December 8, 2010

>The New Yorker: "Costello" by Jim Gavin

> This is late, again, because my copy of the magazine is late, again, and I kept putting off reading the online version because…