Anya’s your typical angst-ridden American teen. She’s unhappy with her perfectly fine body; constantly dieting; has a crush on the hottie basketball star and loathes his beautiful, perfect, blonde girlfriend; she’s got one friend she’s…
Date Archives 2011
The bright, shiny penny & David Foster Wallace
Thursday I had the pleasure and honor to be interviewed by a delightful young woman from the UofM for the English Major’s blog. Or something like that. I can’t exactly remember what the focus of…
So come now children of the beast, be strong
In 1984 the Shakopee Town Square was a pretty happening little mall, well for Shakopee, especially pre-horse racing and casino next door Shakopee. It was anchored on one end by Juba’s grocery store and K-Mart…
This is one beautiful book
One of the things that drive me nuts in reviews and workshops is when the critic critiques a story based not on what it is, but rather what he or she wanted it to be….
I only got one more rap, let’s see what happens
One of the things that terrify me most is wholly forgetting something as if I never knew the information to begin with. For instance, this week when I completely forgot that I was supposed to…
Unpopular opinions
Yesterday on twitter, Steve announced that Bon Iver was boring and Kurtis agreed with him. I was so happy to see them proclaiming such blasphemy out in the public sphere that I quickly jumped on…