. . . and grits among other things. I’m off to Louisiana and Mississippi–back on Saturday.
Archive for July, 2008
gone to eat catfish
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged travel on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
creative writing
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged criticism on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Ronan McDonald’s The Death of the Critic: “Another way in which ‘Eng. Lit.’ could profitably reconnect to its evaluative roots is to move closer to creative writing programmes. Creative writing has proved an irresistible draw as a university subject in recent decades, perhaps satisfying the appetite of literature lovers for the sorts of evaluative [...]
requiem, mass.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged in the news on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the Fort Myers News-Press. In the LA Times.
home again, home again
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book tour on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just back from the Mass. leg of the tour. Off to Louisiana and Mississippi in the morning. Had a wonderful time at Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, at Sal’s Cafe in Worcester, and at Tatnuck in Westboro. Be back online Friday or Saturday.
today’s short story waiting to be written
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fiction fodder on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Siblings leave Mom’s body to rot for seven years. “A 100-page state police case file, recently released to the newspaper, details how the brother and sister made biannual trips to their mother’s Middlefield home, stepping over her mummified remains on the floor.”
winfrida
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged publishing on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a nice PW column on my brilliant publicist at Norton, Winfrida Mbewe. And here’s Winfrida on video.
requiem in requiem
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book tour on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A piece in today’s T & G. I’m off to South Hadley and Worcester this week. Be back online Monday. We had a great time last night at Books & Books–thank you all for coming. It’s good to be the home team. And thanks to Mitchell and the gang.
fiu
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bad form on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Trouble for Mitch Maidique. The Herald pulled this one from it’s website–can’t imagine how that happened, but it’s cached. And the latest lamentable chapter.
air travel
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged travel on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just when you thought airline service couldn’t get worse. Better think twice about flying Air Tran.
talking with tom
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged writing on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an interview I did with Tom DeMarchi in the latest Southeast Review.
