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July 18, 2013

Breaking News . . .

Well, not breaking, exactly, but I was on the news last night. My group, SWAG Writers, held a reading last night at the Shenandoah Valley Art…
July 1, 2013

Museums: Virginia Museum of Fine Art

Until earlier this year, my art museum visits had been sporadic for a long time. I did manage to see the Chrysler Museum of…
June 24, 2013

New Prime Number Magazine Update

Regular readers know that I am the editor of Prime Number Magazine, an online literary quarterly with a print annual edition. Besides our quarterly…
June 21, 2013

Theater: “Anything Goes”

Now, that’s entertainment. I suppose that was the point back in 1934 when this Cole Porter musical first appeared, and that’s the point now….
June 18, 2013

Emerging Writers: How you can help

I will probably never be a best-selling author. I might not ever be published by one of the big publishing houses. That’s okay. I’d…
June 18, 2013

The Writer’s Handful: Patricia Ann McNair interviews me

I’m honored to have been invited by Patricia Ann McNair to participate in The Writer’s Handful, a series of brief interviews running on her…
June 15, 2013

Theater: “Becky Shaw” by Gina Gionfriddo

      My theater binge continues. For tonight’s show, I trekked up to Bethesda–not exactly a hardship, since my hotel is close to…
June 14, 2013

Theater: “Stupid Fucking Bird” by Aaron Posner

I seem to have developed a renewed interest in the theater. Years ago, in graduate school, I read a lot of drama, although I…
June 10, 2013

The New Yorker Summer Fiction Issue: “Brotherly Love” by Jhumpa Lahiri

“Brotherly Love” by Jhumpa Lahiri We learn from the Q&A with Jhumpa Lahiri that “Brotherly Love” is an excerpt from Lahiri’s new novel, forthcoming…
June 10, 2013

Holding Forth: Story Cycles and Novels in Stories

I recently had business in North Carolina and was invited to participate in a gathering at the home of Marjorie Hudson, author of the…