Spring 2007 Read This! Announced
My colleagues over at The LitBlog Co-Op announced the winner of the Spring 2007 Read This! selection. Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead by Alan DeNiro is “a collection of short stories that combines the fantastic with the prosaic” and is sure to please. In addition to discussing the winner, we’ll also focus…
continue readingBig Brother is Most Definitely Watching
The great Syntax of Things points out this article that explains there are thirty-two surveillance cameras within 200 yards of 1984 author George Orwell’s flat.
continue readingRIP Kurt Vonnegut
Novelist Kurt Vonnegut died Wednesday at 84 years of age. He will be sorely missed.
continue readingBourdain’s Nasty Bits
Check out my post on Anthony Bourdain’s The Nasty Bits over at Beatrice.com today.
continue readingNew Issue of Tin House Released
The new issue of Tin House is trickling out and starting to hit the stores. I have a brief piece in the magazine, but the reason I’m mentioning it is because the contents are amazing. New fiction from Sam Lipsyte, Ron Rash, and others and great fiction and essays from a number of writers, including a piece…
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