It is snowing like crazy today and I am glad to be home and not flying. Well, actually, there are more reasons than the snow that I am glad not to be flying. So over the past week, I read the latest issue of The Missouri Review from cover to cover. I enjoyed it all but most of all I was taken with the … Read More

Miami (what I’ve seen of it, which is minimal) seems quite nice, if not bit a Hurricane Wilma battered. The hotel I’m staying in is absolutely lovely and the folks who work here beyond reproach. I’ve done loads of business travel and these people are the top of the list of good service–and I take good service (having grown up in a restaurant) very … Read More

I am off, once again, like a prom dress

Heading out of town for work. Going to Miami, which will be nice (especially as it is snowing here right now and supposed to be veeeeery cold all week). I’ll likely post from my hotel room but if not, have a swell week. I’ll bring you back a palm frond or something.

Calling All Book Lovers!

Word by Word is featuring a special show next week in place of their usual programming. The “Best Books of the Year” show, a live call-in episode of Word by Word. Call them to discuss a book you’ve read in the last year that you loved, that inspired you, wowed you or absorbed you, and tell them why you’d like to recommend it to … Read More Calling All Book Lovers!

A site for you to visit today: 1,000 Executions, from here you will find a link to A Declaration of Life, which you may choose to print out and sign.

Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day. This year’s theme is Accountability: Thursday is World AIDS Day, and organizers are marking the event by encouraging governments and the international community to meet their commitments in fighting the disease.

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I first encountered Jeffrey Yamaguchi through his website bookmouth.com (which is a treasure trove of information about promoting your work). He is a man with an inspiring mission and now a new book (one which I am excited about). Here’s what he has to say about it: 52 Projects — Random Acts of Everyday Creativity is a collection of offbeat, exploratory, artistic projects. There … Read More Previous Post

This just in…

SmokeLong Quarterly has announced its Pushcart Nominees and here they are: “The Arrival” by Nathan Leslie “Five Men in a Hot Tub” by Jeff Landon “Outer Space” by Tom Saunders “In the Dust” by Joseph Young “Running Water” by Tiff Holland “He Wrote Sixteen Pencils Empty” by Daphne Buter Congratulations to these talented writers.

Just finished reading the current issue of Black Warrior Review. Once again, it is a fine collection of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and art work that does not disappoint. In fact, it inspires. My favorites in this issue were: “Friends Don’t Let Friends Procreate (or WWJD?)”–a poingnant, honest, and humorous essay by Matthew M. Quick (I will go so far as to say this essay … Read More

Cast Your Vote for Riley Dog!

One of my all-time favorite blogs–Riley Dog–is nominated in several categories for The 2005 Canadian Blog Awards. Round 1 voting is open from Thursday November 24th – Wednesday November 30th, with results announced on Friday December 2nd, 12pm EST.

The holidays have officially begun

I feel a deep sense of shame and bleakness when I read stories like this–Bargain hunters spark trouble at Wal-Marts: In western Michigan’s Cascade Township, a woman fell as dozens of people rushed into a store for the 5am opening and several stepped on her. When the rush ended, the woman and a 13-year-old girl suffered minor injuries. And this–Shopping season off to a … Read More The holidays have officially begun

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