Good riddance, failures. Today ends this column, at least in weekly form, which for the 15 weeks past has detailed…
#AuthorFail 15: Jeff Bursey
Welcome, dear failures, to the penultimate #AuthorFail…super-hero edition. My Schnide-y sense is tingling, and it says this column will soon…
#AuthorFail 14: Greg Olear
The Beast Rises (well, not really). Dare we call this a triumph against evil? Until next week…. **** My Brain…
#AuthorFail 13: Debra Di Blasi
Welcome back, my friends, to lucky #13. My good friend and publisher, Debra Di Blasi, speaks best for herself. Go…
#AuthorFail 12: Stephanie Strickland
Ring the bells, sort of. Stephanie Strickland is a wonder of compelling poetic investigations. Experiencing her works–try “slippingglimpse” for a…
#AuthorFail 11: Roxane Gay
Welcome, fellow duds, also-rans, has-beens, and cast-offs. I had followed Roxane Gay’s intriguing online posts over the recent years, and…
#AuthorFail 10: Laura Goldstein
Um, well, this is embarrassing: if you checked this post this morning between 9 am – 9:26, you would have…
#AuthorFail 9: Richard Thomas
Hello, losers. Remember those George Burns Oh, God! movies? Richard Thomas (maybe) does. (This also calls to mind Julian Jaynes’…
#AuthorFail 8: Alexandra Chasin
Greetings, earth people, from the (pain) planet failure. Here, the atmosphere is different. The stars are different. The entire sense…
#AuthorFail 7: Robin Becker
Robin Becker is a take-no-prisoners sort of writer. She’s unafraid of zombies, and even if I thought her original subtitle…