Month: May 2011

May 31, 2011

>Short Story Month 2011: Wrap-up (#ssm2011)

> Unless I get around to reading the latest New Yorker story today, this will be final post for Short Story Month 2011. I…
May 30, 2011

>Short Story Month 2011: Boomtown — Fred Leebron (#ssm2011)

> I’ve been browsing through Boomtown: Explosive Writing From Ten Years of the Queens University of Charlotte MFA Program. I’ve got a story in…
May 30, 2011

>Books for Soldiers

> Books for Soldiers Again this year, Press 53 is running its popular Books for Soldiers program. Buy any book from Press 53 (for yourself…
May 28, 2011

>Gardening 2011

> This year’s garden still isn’t fully planted, but I’m getting there. So far I’ve got 2 kinds of eggplant, 4 kinds of peppers,…
May 24, 2011

>Short Story Month 2011: The New Yorker — Kate Walbert (#ssm2011)

> May, 30, 2011: “M&M World” by Kate Walbert The good news is that this story is available for free. No pay wall. The…
May 22, 2011

>Queens University of Charlotte MFA Program Alumni Weekend

> This weekend marked the 10th Anniversary of the Low Residency MFA Program of Queens University of Charlotte. To celebrate, the Program held it’s…
May 18, 2011

>Boomtown: Explosive Writing From Ten Years of the Queens University of Charlotte MFA Program

> This weekend marks the 10th Anniversary of the Queens University of Charlotte MFA Program. Ten years ago this month, I made my first…
May 17, 2011

>Short Story Month 2011: The New Yorker — Ron Rash (#ssm2011)

> May 23, 2011: “The Trusty” by Ron Rash On the downside, you can’t read this new story by Ron Rash online unless you…
May 16, 2011

>Louis L’Amour — on NPR and in Prime Number Magazine

> Did you hear the NPR piece by Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman about Louis L’Amour today? (Saddle up for a Wild Western Ride, L’Amour Style)…
May 14, 2011

>Short Story Month 2011: AGNI — Sigrid Nunez (#ssm2011)

> AGNI 73 arrived in my mailbox yesterday, so last night I read “It’s All Good” by Sigrid Nunez, whose work I’ve read and enjoyed…