Anthony Marra, President Obama, and Me
Okay, first of all, I know the title would have to read, Anthony Marra, President Obama, and I in order to be grammatically correct as a subject, as in Anthony Marra, President Obama and I have this book in common.
Effective Critique: Avoiding dogma and snobbery
Professor Doug Rice, author of Dream Memoirs of a Fabulist and A Good Cuntboy is Hard to Find, (and more) was the second reader for my graduate thesis and a remarkable teacher of the craft of writing.
Did you see my review in Narrative Magazine?
I wrote a First and Second Look for Narrative Magazine on one of my favorite books: Through the Arc of the Rainforest by Karen Tei Yamashita.
Narrative Contest Winners Announced
The winner of Narrative Magazine Spring 2010 Contest is a story that I am happy to say was one of two that I thought were the best in the semi-finals. FIRST PRIZE goes to Scott Tucker’s I Would Be Happy to Leave This Asylum.
Words doing as they have to do
“I like the feeling of words doing as they want to do and as they have to do.” Does this line of Gertrude Stein’s help justify-for the pen and paper types-the digitalization of language?