Category: blog

April 14, 2015

AWP — the book haul

My favorite thing about AWP is the bookfair. Seven hundred exhibitors–publishers, literary magazines, and services all showcasing their wares. In the past I’ve come…
April 12, 2015

AWP15 Wrap-up

On Wednesday, I was scheduled on a 6:15 am flight to DC and then on to Minneapolis. But when I showed up at SHD…
March 22, 2015

Best New Fiction Reviews — a new book review site

I am pleased to announce that I’ve teamed up with a few other writers to create a new book review site called Best New…
March 19, 2015

Virginia Festival of the Book

The Virginia Festival of the Book is a five-day literary orgy of readings and panel discussions centered on books. I started coming to the…
February 25, 2015

Teaching Old and New Stories Together

Against my better judgment, I agreed to teach a fiction workshop this winter in Charlottesville at WriterHouse. The class is fun and the “students”…
February 20, 2015

Reading Liberally — a political bookclub

Five years ago, I started the Staunton chapter of Reading Liberally, an offshoot of the national orgazination Living Liberally (which includes the more popular group…
February 11, 2015

WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW reviewed at Late Last Night Books

You go months or years without a review and then two are published in the same week. Go figure. Please check out this review…
February 9, 2015

WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW reviewed at Peace Corps Writers

Despite the best efforts of my publisher, Press 53, and my own due diligence, my book WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW received few serious…
February 8, 2015

New Magazine: Sixpenny

Just heard about Sixpenny, a new magazine of six-minute illustrated fictions. Set to launch next week. Check it out!
February 2, 2015

“More Than Mere Setting” — my guest blog post at Late Last Night Books

I was recently invited to do a guest blog post for Late Last Night Books, which you can read here: More than Mere Setting….