News from the fine folks at Me Three: Please join us on Friday, September 9th as we celebrate the New York release of Me Three #2 with a “Sneak Preview Party.” Yes, that’s right, the party is taking place a week before the official release, which means you’ll be able to get your copy of the journal before it even exists, or something: Friday, … Read More

Michelle Cameron is not only extremely talented, she is also most generous. She has done me the honor of highlighting me in her Circle of Friends this month–click here to read: Myfanwy Collins. Thank you, Michelle!

Well, not meaning to change tone so quickly here, but I’m just delighted to announce an excellent new blog by the always fascinating and fabulous Ellen Meister–check it out, you will not regret it–not by a long shot: Diary of a New York Lady

I’m guessing most of us have done what we can from our computers and bank accounts to help out the folks who are desperate and hurting on the Gulf Coast of the US. I know people have lost their homes and stuff and that is just rotten, but I can’t get out of my mind the babies out in the heat of the sun, … Read More

dream

For some reason Allen and I have a pet tiger. It seems perfectly normal to me, except when the tiger kills a man or otherwise comes across human flesh and starts eating it. Then I tell Allen that we need to set it back loose in the wild. We are reluctant to do so but eventually decide to set it free in the woods. … Read More dream

some upcoming events: September 7th: Word by Word, Conversations with Writers features NEA Chairman and Sonoma County Poet, Dana Gioia, and Lynn Freed (who will be at the Sonoma County Book Festival). That’s 7 pm (pacific). To listen in streaming, simply visit http://www.krcb.org and click listen or wait a week for the show to be archived at: http://www.pcmg.tv/krcb/wbw/wbw.htm September 10th: Literary Blog Panel: What … Read More

Having spent a good deal of my life in a coastal area (city, even) at or even below sea level, I cannot even begin to imagine the horror that it is to have been through not only the storm of yesterday but the aftermath of today. Anyway, for what it’s worth, my thoughts are with all of those souls down there on the Gulf … Read More

freecycle

I know I’ve already talked about this service, but I want to put another plug in for freecycle because in the past couple of days Allen has gotten rid of a bunch of stuff from our basement that would otherwise have to go to the dump. The system works and, believe me, what you have in your basement might be useless and tossable to … Read More freecycle

This just in: Marcus Grimm reviews the new Pam Anderson book. *** please note: this post is as terse as his review, which cracked me up.

News from the fabulous Brangien Davis at Swivel (I wish I could attend this event! It sounds like perfection): SWIVEL: THE INDISCRETIONS ROAD SHOW! Don’t miss this exclusive Seattle engagement at BUMBERSHOOT on LABOR DAY, September 5th, from 3:00-4:15pm in the Bagley Wright Theater (just off Mercer). It’ll be the SENSORY OVERLOAD of the season–not to mention an excellent way to support literary arts! … Read More

Make sure you check out Ray Collins’s cool new venture QUICTIONonline.

On Monday, I was sitting at the gate waiting to board a flight. Three seats down from me sat a man in his fifties (I list his age only by way of saying, “He should have known better”). I was reading a book. He was staring forward. After a few minutes I heard, “click, click, click.” I turn and note that he was CLIPPING … Read More