Okay, so I am late to the party in reading this book, but I think Hornby himself would appreciate that fact. Here are the reasons why you should buy (I say buy instead of read because it is partly about buying books you never read): 1) All of the proceeds from the book are split between 826NYC, a writing center for children, and Treehouse, … Read More The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
Early this morning on our walk, we decided to go through the woods instead of on the road. Perfect decision as a part of the way up the path we heard it–the wood thrush. This clear, cool bird song makes me think of two things: 1) Allen’s grandmother when she was staying with us two years ago and slept with her window slightly ajar … Read More the wood thrush is back
read it: April is International Poetry Month, by Dennis Mahagin
Nancy Zafris, fiction editor of The Kenyon Review, interviews author Brad Kessler, whose book, Birds in Fall, was excerpted in the latest issue of the journal (and, boy, did I love reading it).
Check him out! Jim Tomlinson‘s Iowa Short Fiction Award winning collection, Things Kept, Things Left Behind, is now available for order (even though it’s not yet released). Off the top of my head, I can think of two compelling reasons why you’ll want to get your hands on this book: 1. I’ve yet to read an Iowa Short Fiction Award collection that I didn’t … Read More Things Kept, Things Left Behind, by Jim Tomlinson
The new issue of Storyglossia is live and you will be missing out if you don’t read it–especially if you miss the story by my dear and talented friend, Katrina Denza. You will be shaken to your core by reading her story, Here’s My Hand, Take It. Go on and read it!
Hot damn! If you’ll recall from my groggy, hungover post from a few weeks ago, my best friend was just recently here visiting. While she was here, we visited a bookstore (we also saw Slither which was really cool and funny and also gruesome, but I loved it). Anyway, when we were browsing in the bookstore, I admitted that I’d never read Carol Shields … Read More The Stone Diaries
Swivel issue #4, which features a story by the one and only Pia Ehrhardt, is now available for order. You better hurry up and get yours.
The Spring 2006 issue of failbetter is live. Included, along with the fiction, poetry, and visuals in this issue, is an interview with Anne Tyler, who says: When I’m working on something, I proceed as if no one else will ever read it. It’s the only way I can write unself-consciously. Not until the final draft do I force myself to remember that I’m … Read More read it
The Hermit’s Story by Rick Bass is one of those books that makes me want to never attempt to write another story again because I can never, ever make one good enough–not one like these stories of his. These stories are special. It is an astounding collection of stories about men and women who are frozen into place and yet breaking free time and … Read More The Hermit’s Story, by Rick Bass
New in The Angler: Lines, Not Circles, by Justin Crouse What Happened Was, by Joseph Young Rebecca Really, By Randall Brown
My first daffodil of the season. Some pussywillows on my street. It was such a mild winter that these have wanted to bloom since February. It’s already too hot out for Darby. I’m surprised he’s not shedding yet, but that will come soon enough. Here he is hunting for grubs because he likes to eat them. What can I say? He’s a dog and … Read More bloom!
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