There’s a certain kind of glee that comes in discovering that the new writer you’ve recently fallen in love with…
Date Archives 2010
In love with ‘Rat Girl’
Christa once said, and I can never find the original post, that she was incapable of talking about Haruki Murakami’s…
My 2010 Christmas Wish for You, Darling Ones (a little late)
My annual letter of good tidings and comfort and joy is late this year. I would apologize but, well, there…
Harshing the ho-ho-ho: A mini rant in the form of a list
Isn’t it some sort of grocery store law that if you’ve backed more than halfway out of your space the…
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Sometimes when I read short story collections I try to figure out what the author’s thing is. By thing I…
My task would be to write crime
There’s a scene in “High Fidelity” where Rob and Laura are sitting at the kitchen table in his apartment. In…
Not so much with the rocking
I love rock & roll. I adore Michael Schaub. I love to read. So last month when he listed his…
21.5 inches
I missed the great Halloween Blizzard of ’91, because I was living in Wisconsin. So this is the first epic…
Tigers Eyes are not, in fact, Silver Eyes
For about 30 of my 38 years here on Earth, I’ve been convinced that I read Tiger Eyes by Judy…