Monthly Archives: June 2009

“This is the worst house I’ve ever lived in!” “I’m outta here!” “Poopyhead isn’t a bad word, Daddy. It just means that you have poop on your head.”

Maria and I saw the Avett Brothers a few months ago — the first concert we’d been to since… well, I can’t even remember when. Here they are performing at the desk of NPR’s All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. … Continue reading →

Today I spoke at a Young Writers Camp in Northern San Diego. I did it last year, and they asked me back again this year, so I guess I didn’t scare the kids too much. What’s most interesting is the … Continue reading →

Publishers Lunch reports that there’s a David Foster Wallace biography on the way: “D.T. Max’s biography of David Foster Wallace, about ‘why he matters and what he tried to teach us,’ to Paul Slovak at Viking, at auction, by Elyse … Continue reading →

One of our pre-kids rituals was listening to NPR’s Weekend Edition. Not so much anymore. So I didn’t hear about NPR’s summer writing contest until I saw mention of it over at The Elegant Variation this morning. Details here. It’s … Continue reading →