Month: January 2016

January 16, 2016

On Stage: Measure for Measure at the American Shakespeare Center

Last night I saw the opening performance of the American Shakespeare Center‘s Actors’ Renaissance Season production of Measure for Measure. Although the play isn’t…
January 11, 2016

2016 Reading: Phoning Home by Jacob M. Appel

Phoning Home: Essays by Jacob M. Appel The University of South Carolina Press, 2014 This is an excellent, entertaining, and provocative  short collection of essays…
January 10, 2016

On Stage: The Tempest at The American Shakespeare Center

I feel very fortunate to have such an amazing theater right here in this small town. The American Shakespeare Center provides an endless source…
January 8, 2016

2015 Reading: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Justifiably, this book won the 2015 National Book Award for non-fiction. In my estimation, this is one…
January 7, 2016

Missing Links — Literary Magazine Rankings

I was wondering why my Home Page was getting so many hits, but now I know. Because of a WordPress glitch, I had to…
January 7, 2016

2015 Reading: The Glimpse Traveler by Marianne Boruch

The Glimpse Traveler (Break Away Books) by Marianne Boruch I read this travel memoir a couple of months ago (hence the “2015 Reading” label) and…
January 6, 2016

Stepping Down as Editor of Prime Number Magazine

In the fall of 2009, just as my first book was coming out, I had an idea for a new project. “What if we…
January 5, 2016

2016 Reading: My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout I’m inclined to love anything Elizabeth Strout writes. She was one of my teachers in…
January 5, 2016

2016 Reading: The Time of the Monkey, Rooster, and Dog by Charles A. Hobbie

Forty years ago today, on January 5, 1976, I traveled from my parents’ home in Indianapolis to San Francisco to join the “staging” for my…
January 4, 2016

2015 Reading: Miracles and Conundrums of the Secondary Planets by Jacob M. Appel

Miracles and Conundrums of the Secondary Planets by Jacob M. Appel I had previously reviewed Appel’s novel, The Biology of Luck, in Prime Number Magazine, so…