Month: December 2022

December 31, 2022

Looking Back, Looking Forward: Writing Goals

At the end of the year, I like to look back to see how much progress I made toward my writing goals and then…
December 30, 2022

2022 Reading — My Year in Books

Goodreads tells me I read 74 books this year, totaling 19,000 pages. I try to read about 6 every month, but I see that…
December 30, 2022

2022 Reading — December

Prague by Arthur Phillips is a novel set in . . . Budapest, not Prague. I was sitting in a coffee shop with a…
December 22, 2022

Review of HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS: The Missteps of Contemporary Man

It’s rare when a book that has been out for over two years gets a serious review, but I was pleased to see a…
December 22, 2022

2023 Literary Magazine Ranking — Poetry

Below is the 2023 Literary Magazine Ranking for Poetry. To understand the Rationale, Methodology, and Calculation for the Rankings, please go here. Note that every effort…
December 21, 2022

2023 Literary Magazine Ranking — Nonfiction

Below is the 2023 Literary Magazine Ranking for Nonfiction. To understand the Rationale, Methodology, and Calculation for the Rankings, please go here. Note that…
December 20, 2022

2023 Literary Magazine Ranking — Fiction

Below is the 2023 Literary Magazine Ranking for Fiction. To understand the Rationale, Methodology, and Calculation for the Rankings, please go here. Note that…
December 19, 2022

2023 Literary Magazine Rankings: Overview

It is time once again for the annual Literary Magazine Rankings for Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. As explained in more detail below, these rankings…
December 18, 2022

The Rankings are Coming, the Rankings are Coming!

Later than originally expected (but earlier than I thought after receiving a notice that the annual Pushcart Prize anthology would not arrive until mid-January),…
December 7, 2022

A Return to Europe: Vienna and Budapest

A few years ago, I resolved to do more international travel. I had the means and the opportunity, so why not? In 2017 I…