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Upcoming Reading: Saturday, July 31

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

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Book Trailers

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

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Black Cab Sessions: Band of Horses

Band of Horses from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.

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A Calm and Private Joy

“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

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Polar Bears Eat Blood

I’m always amazed at what comes out of my five-year-old son’s mouth… “The Golden Gate Bridge isn’t really golden. It’s red.” “Superman never dies. When we die we don’t move.” “This house is driving me crazy.” “I want a real … Continue reading

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