Month: October 2013

October 30, 2013

2013 Reading: The Right-Hand Shore by Christopher Tilghman

The Right-Hand Shore: A Novel by Christopher Tilghman This novel–the first book I’ve read by Tilghman–was one of the three finalists for the Library of…
October 25, 2013

2013 Reading: Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein

Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein Judging by comments I’ve heard about this book, the author has…
October 25, 2013

2014 Pushcart Prize Ranking of Literary Magazines

NOTE: The 2015 Rankings are now available. Go here. These rankings of literary magazines are based on a simple formula that takes into account…
October 24, 2013

2013 Reading: The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers

The Yellow Birds: A Novel by Kevin Powers Last Saturday, I won the 2013 Library of Virginia Award for Fiction. I was thrilled, of course….
October 24, 2013

2014 Pushcart Prize Ranking of Literary Magazines — Poetry

Note: the 2015 Rankings for Poetry are now available. Go here. The 2014 Pushcart Prize Ranking of Literary Magazines for Poetry is set forth…
October 24, 2013

2014 Pushcart Prize Ranking of Literary Magazines — Nonfiction

Note: the 2015 Rankings for Nonfiction are now available. Go here. I now have the pleasure to present the 2014 Pushcart Prize Literary Magazine…
October 23, 2013

2014 Pushcart Prize Ranking of Literary Magazines — Fiction

Note: the 2015 Ranking for Fiction is now available. Go here. It is time once again to present the annual Perpetual Folly Pushcart Prize…
October 20, 2013

The Library of Virginia Awards 2013

The culmination of this year’s Virginia Literary Festival in Richmond was the presentation of The Library of Virginia Awards. I drove down on Friday…
October 12, 2013

2013 Reading: A Fingerprint Repeated by Jeffrey Condran

A Fingerprint Repeated by Jeffrey Condran. Isn’t this a great cover? But besides that, I really enjoyed several of the stories in this collection, including…
October 10, 2013

Nobel Prize Goes to Alice Munro

The 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature goes to “a master of the contemporary short story,” Alice Munro. That’s pretty exciting news, mainly because short…