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Blog Migration 1 Jun 2012 | 02:11 am
You may have noticed that I haven't been posting much lately. That's partly because I've been swamped and partly because I've been developing a new integrated website and blog. Beginning today, Perpet...
Tips for Writers: "Alright" is not all right. 28 May 2012 | 06:57 am
I don't know where "alright" came from, but it's not standard and should not be used in writing. I see it in submissions and student work all the time, though, so I'm afraid that it has gained some le...
The New Yorker: "Referential" by Lorrie Moore 22 May 2012 | 10:51 am
May 28, 2012: “Referential” by Lorrie Moore If it weren’t for the Q&A with Lorrie Moore I would not have known that this story by Lorrie Moore is derivative (Moore uses the word “homage”) of “Signs a...
Short Story Month: "Cousin Barnaby is Dead" in Joyland 16 May 2012 | 06:43 am
Usually, I'm all over Short Story Month. Not this year, though, and I'm sorry about that. I've got a book coming out in the fall and I'm revising another book that will soon be shopped around to publi...
The New Yorker: "The Proxy Marriage" by Maile Meloy 15 May 2012 | 11:13 am
May 21, 2012: “The Proxy Marriage” by Maile Meloy I loved this story, except for the beginning and the ending. Regarding the ending, I suppose I shouldn’t stay too much, although (a) the story is onl...
New Update for Prime Number 12 May 2012 | 12:01 am
The latest update of Prime Number Magazine has gone live! 19.2 features flash fiction by Brian Conlon, Robert Kaye, and John Duncan Talbird, a short essay by Alice Lowe, and poetry by Michael Kriesel,...
The New Yorker: "Sweet Dreams" by Peter Stamm 8 May 2012 | 09:48 am
May 14, 2012: “Sweet Dreams” by Peter Stamm It’s a little difficult to discuss this story, which is translated from the German, without revealing its ending, although the author does in the Q&A with ...
Tips for Writers: Which vs. That 6 May 2012 | 05:22 am
Let’s try to untangle a knot that some writers find themselves in: how to know when to use “which” and when to use “that.” The question arises today because of a story I’m editing. The story, which ....
5/3: It's National Press 53 Day! 4 May 2012 | 01:00 am
Today, May 3, is National Press 53 Day. (5/3 -- get it?). I love Press 53, publisher of my 2009 linked story collection In an Uncharted Country as well as my forthcoming novel in stories, What the Zha...
The New Yorker: "Nero" by Louise Erdrich 1 May 2012 | 11:14 am
May 7, 2012: “Nero” by Louise Erdrich See the Q&A with Louise Erdrich. What have we got here? A mean dog who likes gingersnaps and lives to escape, whose will to live is defeated when the possibilit...
