>Andrew’s Book Club Mini-interviews

>Andrew has posted mini-interviews with Anne Sanow and Holly Goddard Jones at Andrew’s Book Club. Anne’s and Holly’s books are the picks for September…

>Zoetrope Surprise

>I subscribe to Zoetrope: All Story, and the latest issue arrived recently. I was busy and set it aside on my desk to look…

>Podcast of New Dominion Reading

>The reading I gave on Friday afternoon at New Dominion Bookshop in Charlottesville is available as a podcast on the Charlottesville Podcasting Network. Also,…

>Poetry Reading: Charlotte Matthews

>Branching out a little, The Sacred Circle held a poetry reading this evening. The reader was Charlotte Matthews, who lives on the other side…

>Book Happenings

>What with teaching and trying to make some progress on my new book and taking care of my sick dog (he’s better now!) and…

>Winter Wheat Festival

>I just found out that I’ll be giving a craft talk at the Winter Wheat Festival at Bowling Green State University in November. It’s…

>Poll: Best of the NBA

>Go here to vote in the National Book Foundation’s poll of the best of the winners of the National Book Award. NBF has come…

>Genius

>The winners of this year’s MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grants have been announced: For MacArthur Grants, Another Set of Geniuses. For writers, it’s always interesting…

>TriQuarterly To Cease Print Edition

>Literary Magazines were suffering even before the recession, so they’re under even more pressure now, as we’ve seen in the cases of The Southern…

>In an Uncharted Country at New Dominion Bookshop

>Although I’ve been doing a few book signings, my first reading from In an Uncharted Country will be at noon on Friday, September 25,…