Month: January 2014

January 28, 2014

2014 Reading: Understudies by Ravi Mangla

Understudies by Ravi Mangla This short novel is a very quick read (or listen, as I did with the audio version). The (unlikable) narrator is…
January 27, 2014

2014 Reading: The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore I rarely finish a book in a single day, but I did that with…
January 27, 2014

2014 Reading: Haints by Clint McCown

Haints by Clint McCown This book is a fine example of the novel in stories or story cycle that more resembles Winesburg, Ohio (the granddaddy…
January 24, 2014

NPR Interview Aired Today

I recently was interviewed by Martha Woodroof for “The Spark,” a program about creativity that airs on WMRA–the NPR station for the central Shenandoah…
January 23, 2014

Register for Split This Rock Poetry Festival

The Split This Rock Poetry Festival is fast approaching. The dates this year are March 27-30. Check out the great lineup for this year’s…
January 22, 2014

2014 Reading: The Benghazi Hoax by David Brock, Ari Rabin-Havt, Media Matters

The Benghazi Hoax I highly recommend this book about the Benghazi attacks, especially if you are someone who has given the slightest credence to…
January 21, 2014

2014 Reading: The Biology of Luck by Jacob Appel

The Biology of Luck by Jacob Appel I enjoyed this New York City-based re-imagining of the Odyssey (or Joyce’s Ulysses). I published a review of the…
January 21, 2014

2014 Reading: Zealot by Reza Aslan

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan I found this to be a fascinating book and, because I didn’t have…
January 20, 2014

The New Yorker: “A Mistake” by Akhil Sharma

January 20, 2014: “A Mistake” by Akhil Sharma As we learn in the Q&A with Akhil Sharma, this story is “adapted from parts” of…