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January 16, 2007

>Rain Taxi Auction

>Rain Taxi is holding its annual auction to raise money for its operations. As always, they have some great items donated by wonderful authors….
January 1, 2007

>Not much to report . . .

>Happy New Year! Mexico City is quit today, with hardly anything open. I was surprised to stumble upon this Internet cafe in my wanderings….
December 29, 2006

>Books of the Year

>Not long ago I reported on the Books of the Year list from New York Times. The beauty of the following list from The…
December 27, 2006

>Boldtype #39

> Issue 39 of Boldtype is live and it looks like a good one!
December 26, 2006

>Bare-Breasted Mama

>The latest instalment of Gail Konop Baker‘s Literary Mama column, Bare-Breasted Mama, is now up. Warning: it’s emotionally charged. All the best to Gail!
December 26, 2006

>The Short Happy Life of a Literary Magazine

>In 2004, I was pleased to hear from Penny Talbert, editor of The Circle Magazine, that she wanted to publish my story “Flood, 1978.”…
December 25, 2006

>I’m Dreaming of a Wet Christmas

>Merry Christmas to you, if that’s what you celebrate. I don’t, particularly, so I’m working this morning, listening to the sleet/rain bounce off the…
December 10, 2006

>Friends in the NYTBR

>I love it when friends of mine get their books mentioned in the New York Times, and the Sunday NYT Book Review is even…
December 7, 2006

>Duotrope Digest

>If you are an “emerging” writer of fiction or poetry, you might benefit from Duotrope Digest, an index of markets for poetry, short fiction…
December 4, 2006

>Sunday Miscellany

>Colonialism. I drove to Yorktown for lunch yesterday. That’s 175 miles. Each way. It was for a good cause, though, as the Northwestern University…