Review: Dog Run Moon – Callahan Wink
Published in the September 26, 2011 issue of The New Yorker, "Dog Run Moon" by Callahan Wink is a rapid paced story that takes the reader through a night of…
Published: First Issue of Scintilla
As some of you are aware, this year I started work on Scintilla/Scintilla Press. It's been a work in progress. How do you start a literary magazine? How do assemble…
Poem III: Draft II (Contact)
I finished the second draft of my third poem for the week. I still don't have a title for it, but am thinking something to do with the sounds of…
Review: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter – Carson McCullers
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers is a novel about communication and belonging. It takes place in Georgia before the onset of World War II. Tensions between…
Poem: Draft I
Another poem for my writing challenge. This is the second poem of the week. Currently, it has no title. ~ ~ …
Review: Starlight – Ann Beattie
Ann Beattie's short story "Starlight", published in the September 19th, 2011 issue of The New Yorker imaginatively uses the last official picture of the Nixon's as the basis for a…
Haiku: Draft III
A dark house car exhaust catching in the breeze no place to call home.
Craft: An Anonymous Island – Yi Mun-Yol
Yi Mun-yol's short story, "An Anonymous Island," published in the September 12, 2011 issue of The New Yorker, explores anonymity, but loses focus of that concept as the story plays out.…
Haiku: Draft 2
Outside a dark house swooping above potted ferns, a sauropod stands still left behind by a child.
Haiku: Draft 1
Outside a dark house swooping above potted ferns, a sauropod stands still left behind by a child.