First Impressions and Take Home Lessons: AWP Conference
I wasn’t going to attend the Association of Writers and Writing Programs 2014 conference. AWP is rooted, as the name implies, in academic programs and...
People of the Book: Report
In preparation for Iceland Writers Retreat, I am reading books by each of the featured authors. It feels a little weird to review authors who...
Book Report: My Kind of Place
In the introduction to My Kind of Place, Susan Orlean confesses that she loves to travel – even to places that don’t sound wonderful. When...
Statistically Speaking: January
This year, I am trying to learn from my blog stats, but as usual, in January I was distracted by the more creative search terms...
Book Report: Beggar’s Feast
Crows and squirrels. Beggar’s Feast is crowded with these urban vermin, potent symbols whose meaning I could never quite make out, just as I could...