The Millennium® Plus and the Limits of Technology
by on Jun.12, 2010, under Non-Fiction
“The fate of the Gulf of Mexico is in the hands of robot submarines.”
Notes on The Deepwater Horizon over at Ecotone.
Plans
by on Jun.01, 2010, under News
It’s going to be a summer of writing and moving! This September, I begin a one-year term as Writer-in-Residence at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., where I will teach an introductory course in creative writing. It’s an incredible campus full of bright students, and an ideal place to finish a novel…
Telling Stories, Talking Craft
by on May.29, 2010, under Non-Fiction
I’m proud to announce the upcoming release of Telling Stories, Talking Craft, an anthology of author interviews that I co-edited with Sycamore Review chief Anthony Cook. For more than 20 years, Sycamore Review has featured discussions with some of the finest contemporary fiction writers, and now 15 of those interviews are gathered in in a new anthology due this summer from Parlor Press.
These distinguished writers discuss their lives and their craft in candid, thought-provoking interviews. You’ll find:
Charles Baxter on the myth of productivity
Kate Bernheimer on taking women seriously
Larry Brown on happy endings
Robert Olen Butler on war and fear
Michael Chabon on his reputation in Finland
Lan Samantha Chang on fiction since 9/11
Peter Ho Davies on kitchen sink drafts
Andre Dubus III on bartending
Richard Ford on getting in fistfights
Jane Hamilton on landscape and Home Depot
Nick Hornby on the Da Vinci Code
Ha Jin on being called a traitor
Nami Mun on fictional gaps
Benjamin Percy on zombies and cemeteries
Steve Yarbrough on rejection and the South
The anthology also includes full indexes of craft terms and literary works, plus an essay on the art of the literary interview by Michael Martone. The book will be available for order soon, and proceeds benefit Sycamore Review, so check back here for the latest news!
The Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest
by on May.19, 2010, under Awards
My short story “Salt” was chosen as a runner-up in the Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest! Selected by Louis Erdrich from more than 750 entries, the story will appear in the Winter 2011 issue.
Recommended: “Something Ancient” in The Cincinnati Review
by on May.17, 2010, under Recommended
Check out Brian Beglin’s short story “Something Ancient” in the latest issue of The Cincinnati Review, alongside new work by Aimee Bender and Edith Pearlman, among others. Order online at the new website.
