Andrew Roe

This one is called “Spinners.”

It starts like so:

“The bus did not come and so I waited and counted all the reasons for not believing.”

A very cool One Story benefit event is happening on Friday, May 21, in New York: the One Story Literary Debutante Ball: A Celebration of Emerging Writers.

The event will celebrate One Story’s debut and emerging authors. I was kindly invited/included as one of the latter.

My story “America’s Finest City” will be one of the featured stories. And get this: Artists, performers and filmmakers will be producing original works based on the night’s featured stories. These works will then later be auctioned.

The night will also feature a presentation of authors who have made their debut in One Story. These writers will be escorted by an established author.

And did I mention that John Hodgman is the MC? Or that Dan Chaon, Michael Cunningham, Colson Whitehead, Jim Shepard and many other fine writer people will be there?

I live in Southern California. And the event is in Brooklyn. And I have three small children. So I’m still trying to figure out if I can attend. If you’re in the NY area, definitely check it out and support a great cause.

1. Gigantic

Roxane Gay talks Gigantic, issue two. She has lots of interesting insights (as usual). She also discusses the disappointments of IKEA furniture.

2. Corium

Corium Magazine’s debut issue is now live. It’s a beaut. Edited by Lauren Becker, along with Greg Gerke and Heather Fowler, it features lots o’ great folks: Scott Garson, Kathy Fish, Kim Chinquee, Laura Ellen Scott and many mo’.

3. Day Jobs

Lastly, even William Faulkner had a day job. Yo.

Son House performing “Death Letter” (The White Stripes recorded a version too)…

Superstar David Erlewine guest-edited the spring issue of jmww, which is now live.

It’s an all-flash issue, featuring an impressive list of writers (take a deep breath):

Charles Lennox, Jarrid Deaton, Gary Moshimer, Rusty Barnes, Katrina Gray, Timothy Gager, Seth Fried, Tria Andrews, Damian Dressick, Sheldon Lee Compton, Ethel Rohan, S. Craig Renfroe, Kyle Minor, Michael Czyzniejewski, Matt Bell, Edward Mullany, Matthew Salesses, Kevin Wilson, Curtis Smith, Tara Laskowski, Molly Gaudry, Erin Fitzgerald, Meg Pokrass, Roxane Gay, Sam Nam, Robert Swartwood, and Ben Loory.

David was kind enough to include my story “The Stump.” It is, as the title implies, about a stump.