Brown Dog’s Back
And since you just registered for The New York Times website, then you can easily check out this review of Jim Harrison’s great new book The Summer He Didn’t Die. Read the review here.
continue readingThe Place of Fiction in Today’s Magazines
Much has been made of the “death” of fiction and how the major magazines are reducing, or even eliminating, their short fiction programs. There is an interesting article by Rachel Donadio The New York Times that questions whether fiction is withering away because the public isn’t interested, or if it’s being starved by lack of…
continue readingBoD: The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas
Drawing praise from luminaries such as Arthur Miller, Davy Rothbart’s new short story collection The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas is definitely a title to check out. Creator of Found magazine, Rothbart’s collection is being lauded in GQ where the critic states “our favorite story concerns an aspiring rap-opera writer who has a confrontation with…
continue readingBlue Moon Rising Over Oxford
Every year, one of the most eagerly awaited Southern short story anthologies is Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe edited by Sonny Brewer and published by MacAdam/Cage. This is the fourth year of the anthology and a bunch of the writers and the folks from M/C are appearing at Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi on…
continue readingOhhhh.. So Now He’s Guilty?
You might remember my various wagers on how many books would come out of the Michael Jackson trial. And we also had a news post about the grandma juror who allegedly was talking to agents and co-writers about a book deal during ostensibly violating the terms of her jury duty. Well, now more details about…
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