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February 4 2010 - In: Books, Fiction, Poetry, The Greater Good, The Writing Life autumn
So, I was just flipping through my most recent issue of Poets & Writers (a mag with which I’ve had a several years love/hate relationship), and I saw a little blurb about Madras Press. Madras is a new press that publishes stories in individually bound editions… so fiction writers don’t have to cut their stories [...]
If you haven’t read A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving, you should. Period.
The first time I read this was almost 10 years ago at the urging of the Little Mister (long before he was the Little Mister), who had read it at the urging of his good friend and college roommate Uncle John.
The [...]
December 7 2006 - In: Fiction, The Writing Life autumn
I write poems. That’s pretty well-established at this point. In fact, I agonize over poems. I’m one of the slowest poets I know, which can often be really demoralizing.
But a few weeks ago, a line of dialogue popped into my head — the opening of a short story. Now, [...]
November 27 2006 - In: A/V, Books, Domestic Prowess, Events, Fiction, Movies, Music, Philly, Poetry, Politics, The Writing Life, memes autumn
Welcome, one and all, to my brand new website. After allowing my old site and blog to flounder, I’ve decided to hop back in the saddle and take the internets by storm (employing as many puns & cliches as possible in the process).
Some folks may be familiar with PoetryClass, an old blog that I’ve [...]
