Monthly Archives: May 2011

I’m stuck. I’ve been working on — that is, wrestling with — a chapter from my novel for far too long. Spinning, I guess you could say. I was away from the novel for a while, then I was sick … Continue reading →

“Writing a novel is a very hard thing to do because it covers so long a space of time, and if you get discouraged it is not a bad sign, but a good one. If you think you are not … Continue reading →

The Millions recently posted a write-up about David Foster Wallace’s now-famous 2005 Kenyon College commencement speech, which was later published as This Is Water. The article’s author tracked down Kenyon students who actually graduated that day (May 21, 2005) and … Continue reading →

Yes, Wigleaf has announced its Top 50 Very Short Fictions of 2010. This year’s list includes stories by Matt Bell, Aaron Burch, Roxane Gay, Len Kuntz, Sara Lippmann, Kyle Minor, Jim Ruland and many other fine writers. My story “I … Continue reading →

Among the Ash-Heaps and Millionaires Trimalchio in West Egg Trimalchio Gatsby Gold-Hatted Gatsby Fitzgerald’s editor, Max Perkins, always liked The Great Gatsby. But Fitzgerald himself vacillated on the title right up until the book’s publication. (I’m reading A. Scott Berg’s … Continue reading →