Light Blogging For A While
Even though there's a lot to sort through from this week--the election and Philip Roth's retirement from the page come to mind--my Dad's death on Thursday will keep me quiet…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
LA Times Book Critic David Ulin praises the novella as a form. Does climate change exacerbate storms like Sandy? I no longer feel any temptation to climb trees in the…
Adaptation and Atlases.
This would normally be relegated to a "pondering" post, but I wanted to post David Mitchell's Wall Street Journal column about the adaptation of his Cloud Atlas. If you somehow missed Cloud Atlas, do yourself a…
Gather Round Kids and I’ll Tell You A Tale
Click the link below and you'll hear me spinning a yarn and taking audience questions at Third Place Books in Seattle last night. Listen to it. Live it. Love it. Incorporate…
My Novel Shamelessly Exhibiting Itself
Seriously, though, thanks to Third Place Books for hawking my tawdry wares. I do encourage any of you reading this to stop on by there next Friday at 6:30pm, where…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
Paul Krugman on the folly of expecting the people of Greece and Spain to accept quietly policies that immiserate them. A New York Times article asks if Louisville needs more…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
Japanese physicists claim to have created element 113. If confirmed, this would mark the first time an Asian nation has won naming rights to an element on the periodic table.…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting, suggests five novels about addiction. Arbitrage, starring Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon, is both out in theaters and available for rental on iTunes. I don't know…
Someone Interviewed ‘Lil Ol’ Me
dSavannah had me answer seven of her thirty-two questions, so click here if you'd like to know about where I ate my worst meal, why inspiration leaves me cold, and…
Very Bad Poetry, Captain
As those of you who read this blog regularly (Hi, Mom) know, I'm a sucker for a bad movie. Bad books, by contrast, fail to slay me. I would no…