Month: September 2011

September 13, 2011

>The New Yorker: "Starlight" by Ann Beattie

> September 19, 2011: “Starlight” by Ann Beattie This week’s “story” is an excerpt from Ann Beattie’s new “novel,” although it isn’t clear that…
September 11, 2011

>Have the terrorists won?

> My friends Mary Ann and Stan were visiting from Chicago. They had left the house to go for a long run, and I…
September 9, 2011

>The New Yorker: "An Anonymous Island" by Yi Mun-yol

> September 12, 2011: “An Anonymous Island” by Yi Mun-Yol What is this, Asia month? Last week we had Haruki Murakami, the great Japanese…
September 7, 2011

>Shenandoah: Vol. 61, No. 1, Fall 2011

> Shenandoah, the Washington & Lee Review, has completed its transition to being an online magazine (except that it still requires postal submissions, so…
September 7, 2011

>The New Yorker: "Town of Cats" by Haruki Murakami

> September 5, 2011: “Town of Cats” by Haruki Murakami This “story” by Murakami is excerpted from his new long novel, coming out this…
September 6, 2011

>Man Booker Prize 2011 short list announced

> The shortlist for the 2011 Man Booker Prize is out: Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending Jonathan Cape A truly wonderful novel…
September 6, 2011

>Killer Titles

> I’ve been thinking about book titles lately, because of the very good news that I’ve got a new book coming out next year…
September 5, 2011

>Writers.com: Writing the Short Story–Make Your Story Great!

> There’s still time to sign up for my “Writing the Short Story–Make Your Story Great!” class at Writers.com. It’s a 10-week class for…
September 5, 2011

>Book Review: Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet by Cameron Conaway

> Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet Cameron Conaway  Threed Press, 2011 Cameron Conaway is a poet (a book and a chapbook forthcoming in…
September 1, 2011

>Residency’s End

> It was a brief residency, and today’s the day I leave. I’ve got a 5:30 pm train back to Toulouse and an early…