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…
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 front of her is a list of five jobs Rob would like to have if,…
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 five favorite rock & roll novels, I tossed up some heavy metal fingers and shouted…
21.5 inches
I missed the great Halloween Blizzard of ’91, because I was living in Wisconsin. So this is the first epic blizzard I can remember experiencing. Lucky for me, I live in Shakopee which wins (?)…
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 Blume. I read a lot of Judy Blume when I was a kid. Who didn’t?…