Monthly Archives: December 2009

End of Year Brevity

I planned on writing a long, thoughtful, ruminative post about the year that’s about to end. Oh well. The usual culprit (lack of time) has taken care of that. But I will say this: It has been an extremely tough … Continue reading

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New Story “Stalling” at SmokeLong Quarterly

The latest issue of the super-fantastic SmokeLong Quarterly is now live, and it includes my story “Stalling.” There’s also an interview. Lots of great folks in this issue (as usual), including: James Tadd Adcox, Grant Bailie, Martin Cloutier, Emily Darrell, … Continue reading

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More D’Ambrosio

“…I’d hide out in the basement of Elliott Bay or in the top floor of the Athenian and in my sporadic blue notebooks track a reading list — Joyce, Pound, Eliot, et al. — that was really little more than … Continue reading

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A Very Merry Tom Waits Christmas

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Charles D’Ambrosio on Publicity, Writing and More

I remember reading this thing by Charles D’Ambrosio a few years ago. (Thanks to Katherine Taylor, who’s guest blogging at The Elegant Variation, for resurrecting it.) There’s a lot that I like about D’Ambrosio — mostly his writing, which I’m … Continue reading

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