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That’s the attitude I’m trying to fake these days. Fake until it’s real. ‘Armed & Loaded’ is an invisible tattoo dead center on my forehead. Really, my every atom is sighing FUNK. I drink Yogi herbal tea and love/hate the … Continue reading →

Mel Ulm, curator of The Reading Life, invited me to write a guest post. I happily wrote about the current spring issue of The Stinging Fly, an outstanding literary magazine out of Ireland. In particular, I wrote about an excellent … Continue reading →

is now live at HTMLGiant and titled “A Book About James Joyce’s Books About … How Many of Us Are Really Sure What?” I hope you enjoy.  

My brief response to Laura Ellen Scott’s fantastical debut novel, Death Wishing, is live at PANK. The post also includes an exciting FREE FOUR BOOK Giveaway. All you have to do is share your deepest wish. Imagine, as in Death … Continue reading →

The first-ever full print issue of BULL: Men’s Fiction includes Kevin Wilson’s wonderfully titled story “The Moon’s Face, Darkened.” The story’s premise centers on a total lunar eclipse and is a delightful mixture of outrageous, funny, and poignant gut-punch: A … Continue reading →

In our previous home, the one we moved out of last year, my carpenter/contractor husband had converted the dormer-style attic into a large, sun-filled office that we shared. Everyday I would sit in my ‘half’ of the attic at my … Continue reading →

Yesterday, our nine-year-old daughter sang in her first recital. I admit when the program listed twenty-two performances I had an ungenerous moment and shifted in my seat with much the same sense of unpleasantness I experience at the dentist. Our … Continue reading →

David Cotrone, Editor, Used Furniture Review runs an excellent and intelligent interview series that, to name a few, includes Rick Moody; Tom Grimes; Ryan Scott Oliver; Amelia Gray; Dani Shapiro; Kristen Hersh; Kyle Minor; Michael Kimball; Lidia Yuknavitch; and most … Continue reading →

My brief interview is included in the February issue of Word Riot. Deep thanks to Jackie Corley, Kevin O’Cuinn and David Hoenigman. I tried to make my responses interesting and pretty. They are certainly short. And I plead a little. … Continue reading →