>Literary Happenings 2011

>2011 is sneaking up on us. It’ll be here in just a few days, and I’m not sure I’m ready. For one thing, I seem to have agreed to participate in some literary events in the first half of the year, which means . . . soon.

First, there’s the AWP Conference in DC. Can you believe that’s just five weeks away (February 2-5)? Makes me tired (and cold) just thinking about it. I’m on two panels plus I’ll be there at the Press 53 table promoting my lit journal, Prime Number Magazine and also my book, In an Uncharted Country.

Then there’s the Virginia Festival of the Book, which is March 16-20 in Charlottesville. I may or may not be involved with a program, but I’ll still be attending as much of the festival as I can.

And then there’s the Queens University MFA Alumni Conference, May 19-22, which is, in part, a celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the program. I’ll be there!

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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