–Take a look at Andrew O’Hehir’s article about David Chase’s new film, Not Fade Away. In the article, O’Hehir says, “As any ‘Sopranos’ buff will tell you,
Because most of the (3) readers of this site aren’t fiction writers by trade, I usually don’t link to blog post lamentations about the tough
In response to this year’s Bad Sex Award (given to Nancy Huston’s Infrared), Rick Gekoski at the Guardian proposes a Good Sex Award, though he acknowledges
Yesterday had me socializing far more than I generally like, so I took the day off of speaking to other human beings. Don’t worry. I
On Mercury, ice is nice. If only we weren’t losing ours. The urban-rural divide in U.S. politics. I enjoyed my time at the University of
Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin is thinking of writing a book. Because the Earth’s population includes a high percentage of awful, awful people, I’m sure Akin’s
Mitt Romney blames his loss on Obama’s skill at giving out “gifts” to women, the middle class, and minority groups. After all his blather in
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
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’s been a strange week here in Shangri-La. Strange and expensive. The reading tomorrow will come as a great relief, at least once I’m done.