Month: November 2012

November 27, 2012

The New Yorker: “Literally” by Antonya Nelson

December 3, 2012: “Literally” by Antonya Nelson The Q&A with Antonya Nelson doesn’t provide much insight into this week’s story, although it does help…
November 26, 2012

The New Yorker: “Bull” by Mo Yan

November 26, 2012: “Bull” by Mo Yan This piece is an excerpt from the translation of Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan’s forthcoming novel, Pow….
November 21, 2012

The New Yorker: “Demeter” by Maile Meloy

November 19, 2012: “Demeter” by Maile Meloy Demeter is recently divorced from Hank, sharing custody of their daughter Perry (real name Elizabeth, but so…
November 21, 2012

Blogging hiatus and VCCA residency

I am in the middle of a brief residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and so I’ve not been blogging regularly….
November 15, 2012

National Book Award Winners Announced

The winners of the National Book Award were announced last night: In fiction, Louise Erdrich won for The Round House. David Ferry won in…
November 12, 2012

The New Yorker: “Member/Guest” by David Gilbert

November 12, 2012: “Member/Guest” by David Gilbert The author has a novel coming out later this year so I was convinced that this story…