…with all the books I want to read. I feel I’m always falling behind. But lists. Lists are good. And I know I’ll buy new books and chapbooks at AWP. So here’s my list. I’ll read all of these and then I’ll make a new list and then it will feel less daunting. 1. Shut
Ohh, I do not love self-promotion, and I really suck at it, but damn, I’m so happy and so proud of this book, so bear with me here. I’ve gotten some lovely blurbs for my collection, which launches at AWP. I only asked writers I knew and who knew my writing. People who have supported
A book I’m very eager to read, from Tiny Hardcore Press featuring stories by Erin Fitzgerald, Lauren Becker, Kirsty Logan, Michelle Reale, and Amber Sparks: Check out this interesting roundtable discussion at Necessary Fiction Necessary Fiction. A book I read and recommend is the e-book One Time All I Wanted, by Nicolle Elizabeth and published
The summer I was seven or eight years old, my dad took two of my brothers and me to a family reunion in southern Iowa. My five other brothers and my mom stayed behind. Only subsets of our family took trips because there was only so much room in the car, so Bob and Tim
QUICK FICTION 18 Cover art by Andrea Zuill Edited by Jennifer and Adam Pieroni, Quick Fiction has been a long-time favorite literary journal of mine. I saw that Pia Ehrhardt was in Issue 4 and being a fan of Pia Ehrhardt, I subscribed and have been a subscriber and sometime contributor since then. I’ve held
Very excited to see my new short story collection at the Lit Pub Bookstore page with such a stellar list, including books by Aimee Bender, J.A. Tyler, Matt Bell, Andrea Kneeland, Scott Garson, Caitlin Horrocks, Miles Harvey and Ben Segal and Erinrose Mager. I seriously want to buy all of these. Here is the link.
There’s a terrific interview with Molly Gaudry at Used Furniture Review. She says, among other smart, insightful things, “I think there’s only one single thing that can help get a person ahead — genuine sincerity. All one has to do is truly love what this little pocket of the publishing world has to offer, and
Necessary Fiction.
I posted these poems on Christmas Eve at Necessary Fiction because they felt right, not in a religious sense, but in the feel and tone of solemnity that I get from Sam Rasnake’s poetry, particularly this Appalachian suite. Be sure to check out the youtube links at the bottom of the page. The musical choices