Reading: City of Glass – Paul Auster
Just started City of Glass by Paul Auster.
The Novel Crisis
Interesting essay by Cathy Day, "The Story Problem: 10 Thoughts on Academia’s Novel Crisis." Looking at my experience with creative writing programs, there's definitely truth in what she's saying, however…
NPR Three Minute Fiction: Round Six – Submitted
Finished up and submitted my story over the weekend for Round Six of the Three Minute Fiction contest. If you're interested in the contest, you can learn more here.
The Years of My Birth – Louise Erdrich – Melodrama and Predictablity
When reading short stories, I find it helpful to approach the reading on two levels. First, as a form of entertainment. I enjoy reading and find short stories to be…
Forming a Writing Group
So, the hard part is done, you've found some writers whose work and advice you respect. You've all decided to start meeting. Now what?I have some ideas, but I'd like…
2666 – Part IV (The Part About the Crimes) – Update
I'm wondering if this part of the novel is meant to desensitize readers? So far it's mostly vignette after vignette of women who have been raped, murdered, and left in…
Publications: Place Your Ear On My Ribs
One of my flash fiction stories was just published by Blank Slate Press. You can check it out here.
The King of Norway – Amos Oz – Outsiders
Amos Oz's story, "The King of Norway" provides a good lesson on point of view. The story begins:On our kibbutz, Kibbutz Yekhat, there lived a man, Zvis Provizor, a short…
The “Art Of” Series
I've read The Art of Subtext, by Charles Baxter and found it a smart, well-written book that examines fiction in a way that broadens a writer's perspective. I sought the…
Hello Hi There – Annie Dorsen
Hello Hi There is a performance without people - a literal expression of post-humanism, and simultaneously an examination of what it means to be human. The piece goes inside the…