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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…
June 3, 2013

Audio of a Live Interview with Me

One of the oddest things about publishing and promoting a book is giving interviews. I’ve given several over the course of the last four…
May 21, 2013

Book Giveaway: The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak

I confess that I haven’t yet read this book, but I read Shafak’s previous book, The Bastard of Istanbul, which was excellent. Here’s the description…
May 15, 2013

Guest Blog: “We Don’t Get a Do-over (Except When We Do)” by Valerie Nieman

We Don’t Get a Do-over (Except When We Do) by Valerie Nieman Time is an arrow, right? Fired into the future, never to return….
May 2, 2013

Short Story Month: In an Uncharted Country by Clifford Garstang

In honor of Short Story Month 2013, Press 53 has lowered the Kindle price of my first book to just $0.99. In an Uncharted…
May 1, 2013

Short Story Month 2013

I didn’t do such a great job with National Poetry Month. I started out strong, highlighting several poetry collections I had on the shelf…
April 28, 2013

Bookfair Reflections

Yesterday (Saturday, April 27, 2013) was the inaugural SWAG Writers Bookfair (Downtown is for Book Lovers Day). To me, it seemed like a success….
April 24, 2013

Downtown [Staunton] is for Book Lovers! — Saturday, April 27

Our local writers’ organization, SWAG Writers, is holding a Bookfair this Saturday, April 27, from 10am to 5pm, at 16 W. Beverley St., right…
April 22, 2013

Atlanta Trip: Visit to Atlanta Writers’ Club

The primary reason for my visit to Atlanta this weekend was to speak to The Atlanta Writers Club. I was very honored to have…