Author Archives: Andrew Roe

“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.

“The joy is in the surprise. It can be as small as a felicitous coupling of noun and adjective. Or a whole new scene, or the sudden emergence of an unplanned character who simply grows out of a phrase. Literary … Continue reading →