With this change of season upon us, I’ve been inspired to write this post, which I’ll keep short and sweet.…
Because I Was Flesh
I love the word OTHER, which in Italian is ALTRO. OTHER/ALTRO is what I am not, what is different from…
Dmitri Nabokov 1, Dying Wish 0
Vladimir Nabokov made his wife promise to burn his unfinished last novel, The Original of Laura, upon his death. But…
Discussing the National Book Award Nominees, in which I Show Extreme Bias and Very Little Class
The National Book Awards nominations were announced the other day, and here’s how it breaks down for fiction: American Salvage…
Recovery Project
Hey Everybody! Much is being written on the cutting edge publications happening right now, but I’d like to produce a…
Music As Children’s Lit: Flaming Lips
It’s only natural for us to begin to view the world in association with our environment. I still see the…
Marathon or Sprint?
What’s the quickest you have ever created a piece you considered finished (a notorious word, so let’s say published, recorded,…
Shakespeare’s Sonnets in Morse Code
Check out this site where the Bard’s sonnets are reduced to strings of digital bits. Here’s a description of the…
Rose Metal Press Announces Fourth Annual Short Short Chapbook Contest
Rose Metal Press is doing some great work. I’ve read and enjoyed three of their books already: In the Land…
