Monthly Archives: July 2010

“A good [short story] collection has a deep coherence buried inside. I think the way one story plays off another, the way a collection adds up to a single vision is a deeply complex thing, one that hasn’t been addressed … Continue reading →

“Chekhov said he wrote as easily as a bird sings. That would be nice. I’m like a bird who’s listened to all the other birds singing. Over there, in the next yard (very distant), are the songs I like. For … Continue reading →

Jim Ruland’s venerable Vermin on the Mount reading series is coming to San Diego on Saturday, July 31. And I’ll be one of the night’s readers, along with Aaron Burch, Lisa Fugard, Jess Jollett, Amelia Gray, Lindsay Hunter, Enrique Limón … Continue reading →

Are book trailers becoming a standard part of a book’s PR campaign? Sure seems like it. Here are two that have been getting some attention as of late… Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story (w/ cameos by Jeffrey Eugenides, … Continue reading →

Band of Horses from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.