Author Archives: Andrew Roe

Where Shall We Meet?

I have a new story at Used Furniture Review. UFR is a fairly new online journal, and editor David Cotrone has been publishing some great stuff, including work by Kim Chinquee, Julie Innis, Michelle Reale and Randall Brown, I wrote … Continue reading

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The Carver Bio

It’s January 3, 2011, and yesterday I finished reading the Raymond Carver bio by Carol Sklenicka. I think Stephen King nailed it in his New York Times review when he called the book “exhaustive and exhausting.” It really wore me … Continue reading

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Talent and Drive

“It wasn’t easy. I was the worst-read person in the room and I was handing in the most unpolished stories. I knew I was behind but I was also in love with what I was doing. I’m also a bullheaded … Continue reading

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New Story @ Moon Milk Review

It’s called “Job History” and you can read it here. It’s kind of a companion piece to my story “Three,” which was published in wigleaf a while back. Moon Milk Review recently got a nice call out from Flavorwire as … Continue reading

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A Writer’s Proper State…

“Hope but not enthusiasm is the proper state for the writer.” — James Salter, from a Paris Review interview

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