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December 16, 2019

2020 Literary Magazine Rankings

NOTE: The 2021 Rankings are now available here. Below are links to the 2020 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Rankings for Fiction, Poetry, and Non-Fiction. Scroll down…
December 5, 2019

2019 Reading–November

November was a busy month for me, in part because of the election early in the month and in part because I left for…
November 1, 2019

2019 Reading–October

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee, for me, didn’t live up to the praise I’d heard about the book. While the…
October 29, 2019

Cover Reveal: House of the Ancients and Other Stories (Forthcoming, May 2020)

I am delighted to announce that Press 53 will publish my third short fiction collection, House of the Ancients and Other Stories, in May…
October 28, 2019

Book Reviews

Book reviews come in all shapes, sizes, and venues, but they can provide very helpful feedback to writers. Certainly other writers should always make…
October 24, 2019

Happy Birthday to IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY!

Ten years ago this month, Press 53 published my first book, In an Uncharted Country, a collection of linked short stories. By the time…
October 1, 2019

2019 Reading–September

I’m pleased with my September reading, especially because I was traveling a fair amount and also needed to write a book review for one…
September 30, 2019

My Visit to Gettysburg College

I had the pleasure of visiting Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, PA last week at the invitation of the English Department and its writing program….
September 23, 2019

Q&A

I enjoy being interviewed because the questions always make me think. Sometimes they are written queries and responses, sometimes they are recorded podcasts. Recently,…
September 16, 2019

2019 SIBA Discovery Show

I had the pleasure of attending the Southern Independent Booksellers’ Alliance 2019 Discovery Show in Spartanburg, SC this past weekend. It was fun to…