Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It20100129094900
Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It
January 29, 20100 comments
A writer friend sent me Maile Meloy’s new short-story collection, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It. Here’s the first paragraph of the first story, ...
New (to me)20091227091900
New (to me)
December 27, 20090 comments
An online journal and some blogs that I’ve come across this month: The Summerset Review: this online journal has been around since 2002, and the...
A slightly different best books list20091209121000
A slightly different best books list
December 9, 20090 comments
The Guardian (UK) has come up with a best-books-of-the-decade list. Fifty books, including entries from writers highlight some of the books (Julian B...
Writers claiming the bad-mother mantle20091208152000
Writers claiming the bad-mother mantle
December 8, 20090 comments
Sandra Tsing Loh’s recent piece in The Atlantic is another of her long, personal-essayish reviews, this time focusing on Ayelet Waldman‘s ...
Pondering the MFA20091130124700
Pondering the MFA
November 30, 20090 comments
Too often, instead of writing, I pretend to write: I think about writing, writers, writing programs, and conferences. I also spend too much time che...