REM holds a soft spot in my heart. Certain albums of theirs remind me of my childhood, not necessarily in…
Recovery Project (2) Baron Münchhausen
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Book Party for Shadowplay & The Mothering Coven in NYC
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Mailboxes, Recommended
A century after Rilke wrote his famous letters to Franz Kappus, the literary-epistle game has changed. We want more than…
R.I.P. Nancy Spero
Nancy Spero (August 24, 1926 – October 18, 2009) “I have deliberately attempted to distance my art from the Western…
Lose my respect, Baby.
What’s goin’ on over here? When I’m reading submissions for a magazine, there are a couple easy ways to lose…
Rules to Write By
The 39 Steps: a primer on story writing.
Recovery Project (1): Exploits & Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician (1911) by Alfred Jarry
“This dead body,” said the doctor, “from whose carcass you can see old fogies trembling in senility and young men…
Flash is Better and Better and Better…
New Diane Williams flash fiction in my November 2009 Harper’s. They had John Edgar Wideman a while back, Martone, others.…