There’s a certain kind of glee that comes in discovering that the new writer you’ve recently fallen in love with has another book you can read. We need a work for this. When I was…
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 writing without breaking into an interpretive dance. That’s kind of how I feel about Kristin…
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 are very good reasons for this tardiness. These reasons include, but are not limited too:…
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 fucker who comes barreling up behind you just has to wait until you’ve finished? That’s…
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 mean the big issue they address in their writing. While it’s easy to extrapolate from…