>Pick the Best New Yorker Story of 2007

>I have been commenting on New Yorker stories since the beginning of the year, every week, week after week. There have been stories that…

>Rain Taxi Winter 2007

>The Winter 2007 issue of Rain Taxi is on its way, including my review of The Understory by Pamela Erens.

>Ginosko #5

>Check out Issue #5 of Ginosko Literary Journal.

>NYT’s Notable Books of 2007

>The New York Times will publish its annual list of 100 Notable Books in the December 2 issue of the Book Review, by which…

>Size Matters, continued

>Recently, I moaned about a tiny, badly cut-out rejction slip I received. I didn’t mention the name of the magazine, which I happen to…

>Virginia Center for Creative Arts

>I’m off today for an intensive writing period at the VCCA. The forecast calls for intermittent blogging.

>Six Little Things No. 8

>Check out the latest issue of my favorite tiny magazine, Six Little Things.

>AWP NYC

>I received a brochure from AWP today about the 2008 conference in NYC. If I weren’t already set to go, I’d be making my…

>Size Matters

>Received this today: “Dear Contributor,We thank you for the opportunity to read the work you submitted. We regret that we cannot accept it for…

>FreeRice.com

>It’s a game! It’s a vocabularly builder! It’s procrastination! It’s a fun way to help ease world hunger! Free Rice is all of the…