Teaching Creative Writing in Kalamazoo
Hey, I remember from your CV that you taught Creative Writing… was it fiction, poetry, drama or what? Well, it was all of that. It was based on “Whole Language” and so it was partly about getting the...
View ArticleGlover’s Mistake by Nick Laird
I rarely get a book recommendation like this. My Berlin-based buddy Martin popped me a note telling me about this book that his girlfriend just read and reviewed for Vogue, Glover’s Mistake, by Nick...
View Article7th Son: Descent – Novel by J.C. Hutchins
I received a nice note from my friend Michelle Wolverton @chelpixie asking me if I would share the new novel from J.C. Hutchins with you today, the day it launches. So, please check out 7th Son — you...
View ArticleWatch Abigail Jones’ Restless Virgins on Lifetime
My friend Abigail Jones‘ book, “Restless Virgins,” is premiering as a Lifetime Original Movie this weekend on Saturday, March 9, at 8/7c. Here’s Abigail’s report: The movie is fiction, but it is based...
View ArticleThe creative Phillip Rhoades: Chief Programmer and Internet artist
Phillip Rhoades is called the Chief Programmer at Abraham Harrison, but that title is his biggest disguise. He does so many different things for the company that even he cannot nail down his job...
View ArticleWhat are your 2012 resolutions?
Nothing more fitting as we close out the last week of 2011 than a vibrant look at the top resolutions ladies and gents are making and how well they’re faring. It’s so easy to say, “I’m going to blog...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Books of 2005 by the New York Times
Thank you to the New York Times for the Ten Best Books of 2005. I am ashamed that I have yet to read Murakami’s latest, Kafka on the Shore. He’s amazing. Kafka on the Shore By Haruki Murakami. This...
View ArticleAll For Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
Even though the Times pans it, I think I will love Against the Day. I am a fan of Pynchon, discovering him in the form of V a post-war American literature seminar at UEA.The book didn’t take at first...
View ArticleJames Bond Looks Like Hoagy Carmichael?
I am reading Casino Royale now before I see it tonight. What’s weird is that the only real description of James Bond’s looks is, “he’s very good looking. He reminds me rather of Hoagy Carmichael…”...
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