Alexander Nazaryan’s review of Jim Crace’s Harvest raised the question of when an author should hang it up. Crace’s answer appears to be that authors should
So far, I’ve done contests based on television, movies, my travels, and history, but this contest is about my work. My longest published short story
Congratulations to Beth Markley of Arizona for winning the So Over It #8 contest. Her answer, which can be found on the Facebook page, is
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiuV8vF8K_s&w=560&h=315] I’m actually glad John Kerry said this. I’m glad he said it in Germany, which has a habit of jailing its local idiots when
The last contest carried the losing streak to 7. The location in that one was the Bull and Finch Bar across the street from Boston
Anyone tempted to get to know me is probably making an epoch-shatteringly tragic mistake. Nevertheless, for those who wish to venture beyond the Pillars of
I’ve received a ton, and sent a ton out. Rejection slips: one of nature’s most concentrated forms of pain. There are many ways to respond
Netflix sent me this Argentinean crime thriller from 2009, and I must thank them for it. It brilliantly integrates the personal, the political, and the
–I’m an outsider when it comes to matters Catholic (though I did get the Ad Altere Dei medal for studying the dogma when I was
No winner for the last contest. The location in question for that contest was the cemetery at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, site of a significant Civil