A new issue of FRiGG is live. Please go on and read it. Prepare to be wowed.

I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about Laura Moriarty’s debut novel, The Center of Everything, when I began reading it. The cover and inside pages were slathered with praise. This sort of adulation always leaves me on edge and wondering whether the book is really worthy, as I hate being told by marketeers how to think about something or how I … Read More

Next Tuesday, July 26th, my pal Alia Yunis is taking part in a reading as part of her PEN fellowship. So, if you are in or around LA, please take the time to check it out. Below are the details: Los Angeles Public Library and PEN Center USA present“Readings by the Emerging Voices Rosenthal Fellows”Tuesday July 26th, 7 p.m.Mark Taper Auditorium, Downtown Central Library630 … Read More

I love the writing of George Singleton. Love it. His stories are honest, humorous, and often heartbreaking. He does not disappoint with his story John Cheever, Rest in Peace in the Spring 2005 issue of The Georgia Review. Here’s a snippet to wet your whistle: Owe’s parents named him Owen, but some kind of snafu at Graywood Regional Memorial caused the birth certificate to … Read More

Ooooooh. I just found an excellent tool: cliché finder.

Hurrah!: Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the creative talent behind cult comedy hit “The Office,” have come up with another winner in their brilliant new six-part series “Extras.”

Read a great interview with Miranda July in the Summer 2005 issue of BOMB in which she says: The same day I got into the Sundance Film Festival I also got an email from the head programmer and it just said “Macaroni.” And at first I just laughed and then suddenly began sobbing. Granted, I was editing 24-7 and completely sleep-deprived, but it seemed … Read More

New at Ghoti, work from some super-talents: Stutter & Lens, by Kathy FishLists, by Claudia SmithBiology, by Darby LarsonStovetop, by Kim Chinquee Go on and read them!

If you haven’t already, please take a few minutes and read this beautiful flash by Maryanne Stahl—Baby Pictures.

Apologies for the nearly week-long silence. Have had company all week and not had a chance to read or process anything news worthy.

Happy Birthday to the love of my life, Allen!!!

This has the potential to be quite cool–Musipedia: Inspired by, but not affiliated with Wikipedia, we are building a searchable, editable, and expandable collection of tunes, melodies, and musical themes. Every entry can be edited by anybody. An entry can contain a bit of sheet music, a MIDI file, textual information about the work and the composer, and last but not least the Parsons … Read More