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    • Midwestern Gothic – A Literary Journal

      My story, “The Model,” has just been released in the following journal: Midwestern Gothic – A Literary Journal. Buy your copy now!

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    • Hungry Like The Wolff

      During the sweltering summer of 2009, I first came across the writing of Tobias Wolff. A friend had given me a battered copy of the 2008 edition of The Best American Short Stories. In the book was a short story entitled, “Bible,” a lengthy piece that focuses on Maureen Casey, a teacher, and an angry…

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    • Call for Submissions: The New River

      Hi folks, Along with my co-editor, Brianna Stout, I’m editing an online literary journal: The New River. See our advertisement below for more details: “Virginia Tech’s The New River: A Journal of Digital Writing & Art is looking for submissions of new media (hypertext, image/video art, digital text, etc.) for its upcoming fall issue. We…

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    • Some Links of Mild Interest

      A NYT essay on David Foster Wallace and his impact upon Internet writing styles (via HTMLGIANT). A related Zadie Smith essay in the TNYRB. A website that reviews neglected, rare, and obscure books of all genres. A book that seems both odd and enchanting. Time Magazine‘s 100 book canon. Another 100 book canon from the…

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    • Literary Journals: The Midwest

      Many national literary journals are located geographically in the Midwest. Madison Review, Iowa Review, New Letters, Michigan Quarterly Review, etc., are all prominent publications that solicit beyond their local confines for a diverse, international literature. Recently, though, several journals seem to have gone the other way: narrowing their focus and giving voice to the American…

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    • Two Novels and One Competition

      Recently, I took a break from reading the Best American Short Story series and devoured instead two novels: Paul Auster’s Invisible (2009) and Dan Chaon’s Await Your Reply (2009). Although I chose both books at random from the library shelves, the two did harbor, at least in part, similar thematic concerns: identity and its formation. For…

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    • Best American Short Stories: Part Four

      A quick post on the latest volume I digested and consumed. The Best American Short Stories 1999: Standout stories: Ha Jin’s “In the Kindergarten,” Tim Gautreaux’s “The Piano Tuner,” and Junot Diaz’s “The Sun, the Moon, the Stars.” Overall, there were some strong pieces within this edition. Although, all things considered, I felt the chosen…

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    • MORE NEW FICTION

      Back in 2007, I wrote my first story set in Kansas. That story came to be known as “Fence” and was published in the 2009 Summer issue of Camas. The story has now been reprinted in the latest edition of Sleet, an online magazine that showcases the work of new and established authors. You can check out…

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    • NEW FICTION

      Recently, I’ve managed to publish a few flash fictions. There’s “Dear Id” at Atticus Review, “The Temple at Avenue D” at Big Lucks’ online arm Quick Lucks, “Notes From a Fruit Dentist,” at Penguin Review, “The Sale” at RipRap, and finally “The Walk” at Rougarou. In addition, I have a full length story, “Moonbow,” in the…

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    • Best American Short Stories: Part Three

      The first two posts charting my odyssey through thirty volumes of the Best American series can be found here and here. While reading another one of the books, I came across a recent survey by VIDA, an organization that deals with women in the arts. VIDA completed a statistical analysis of the gender discrepancies in…

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