Monthly Archives: June 2009

Wow, check this out. Makes me want to do a library tour of the world. (Via The Elegant Variation.)

Here’s a link to a moving essay by Colum McCann. Toward the end, he writes: “This is the function of books — we learn how to live even if we weren’t there. Fiction gives us access to a very real … Continue reading →

1. Up early, as usual. Much coffee, also as usual. Heard part of “This American Life” while feeding Henry and Celia. It was a segment about fathers. Hearing sad stories of shitty and neglectful fathers made me realize that maybe … Continue reading →

BookFox has a funny post about dead writers who have been miraculously resurrected via Twitter. You can now read literary tweets from the likes of Hemingway, Melville, Shakespeare, Mark Twain and Flannery O’Connor. My favorite is the Twitter page for … Continue reading →

Issue no. 5 of Freight Stories is now live. Check it out. Includes a new story from my pal Alicia Gifford, as well as offerings from Ron Burch, Jason Skipper, Rachel Furey, Michael Martone, Margaret McCullan, Bryan Furuness, Victoria Patterson … Continue reading →