Category: Uncategorized

Hi folks, My book is out next week. Click on the image to buy a copy at Amazon.com.

GalleyCat has recently posted a list of alternatives to MFA programs. Although the website has some reasonable suggestions, it highlights the New York-centric view that MFAs are financially probative. Many programs, of course, are costly. In particular, the ones in and around NYC*, and low-res programs. The ever-present Seth Abramson lists dozens of programs that…

Some really cool cover art for the new issue of ZAUM The issue is out now and available for purchase from the website and in several bookstores in California

After several months revising and expanding my anthology/textbook, The Anthem Guide to Short Fiction (Anthem Press, 2011), I recently heard it is undergoing final copyedits and should be released May/June time. In other news: so far this semester my success rate with journals has improved. RipRap, ZAUM, The Lindenwood Review, and Rougarou have all taken…

Over the break, I sorely fell flat on the quantity of reading I wanted to get through. The highlights, though, were the following: Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? Raymond Carver The Oxford Book of American Short Stories. ed. Joyce Carol Oates. High Lonesome. Joyce Carol Oates. Virgin: The Untouched History. Hanne Blank.   In…

Over at New Pages there has been a review of Arcadia, a new journal associated with the MFA program at the University of Central Oklahoma. In the issue is my short and very odd play, “I, Arbus.” The play centers on Simone Brookman, an aging New York actress. Throughout her monologue, she argues the ruination…

Happy holiday greetings to my website viewers! Recently, I’ve begun a profile over on the Goodreads site. You can find that page here and also one for the book here. Feel free to add me as a friend and review the book once you’ve read  the thing (it comes out in March). If you’d like…

My publisher has been busy developing my book’s distribution. Accordingly, it is now available for pre-order at the following websites: Amazon sites in: USA Canada Japan France Germany UK The UK site also delivers to the following countries: Italy, Ireland, Spain, Greece, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Sweden, San Marino, Finland, Portugal, Netherlands, and Denmark. Britain’s…

Oh, I miss the summer and the crazy-ness and hi-jinks of writing conferences. Over the last couple of years, the main benefits of writing conferences I’ve found are: Finding friends and peers interested in writing literature. Learning by osmosis (craft talks, workshops, basking, etc.). Discovering new ways of writing, and viewing, literature. Learning to appreciate…