If you have been following BBC News science and technology writer Ivan Noble’s Tumour Diary documenting his fight with cancer, then you probably know now that he has died (if you haven’t, the diaries are archived so you can still read them). I’m sad that his family has lost him and yet I feel hopeful that such a generous soul has raised awareness by … Read More

So Happy (an excerpt) by Myfanwy Collins She grabbed his arm just above the elbow. Her bony fingers clasped, unclasped, clasped, unclasped–like one’s thighs in that second after climax, wanting that tiny bit more. Wanting for that feeling of pressure and numbness not to end. Never to end. Oh God no. And as she let go of his arm for the second time, she … Read More

The new Ink Pot online has lots of great stuff: a charming interview with Tom Sheehan Richard Lewis‘ harrowing account of his recent visit to West Aceh Hoops, a new Inkling from Kathleen McCall Hummingbird, a short story by Michael Hulme

poem for 2.1.05: The Swamp Trail by Gail Mazur (note: I am in love with this poem!)

pain

As a self-diagnosed hypochondriac, I have a tendency, when I am truly ill, to let things go really far before I admit it (and a reverse tendency to question whether I have every improbable disease when I am clearly not ill. For example, last summer I was convinced I had rabies). I felt, late last week, that I was getting ill but I wasn’t … Read More pain

Reminder: Today is the last day that you can submit your vote for the storySouth The Million Writers Award.

Congratulations to the lovely and amazing Jordan Rosenfeld. Her radio show was just awarded an NEA grant: Local literary show gets $10,000 NEA grant, recognition for RP station.

sick

I have some sort of virus. It’s not pretty. I’ll be back soon.

This is a fantastic story, French novel survives Auschwitz: As I leafed through it, the introduction told a remarkable tale: the story behind the book and how it came to be published more than 60 years after the words themselves were written. It is thanks to the courage of Irene Nemirovsky’s daughter, Denise, that her mother’s voice is once again being heard after it … Read More

My husband has watched me for minutes on end as I sit and read, just so that he can see if I ever sit still. He has come to the conclusion that I do not (and you should pity the people who have to sit next to me on planes!). Finally, though, there is a noted advantage for the fidgety.

You’ll likely want to bookmark this page: Backwards Bush

In case you have not yet heard this news, check out the website for The Quills: a Celebration of the Written Word–apparently the award show will air on some NBC (that part is a bit vague) stations in October 2005. I want to go on record here and now, saying that I believe at some point there will be an all award show, all … Read More