I bought “Stink” the first time in the spring of 1996 at the Borders in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. This is…
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Where I become the girl who cries at poetry readings
I cried at a poetry reading tonight. I cried. At a poetry reading. It bears repeating because, seriously who actually…
The first book of 2008 to make me cry
I have no idea why I lifted my ban on “buzz” books to read Ian McEwan’s Atonement this week, especially…
I can’t keep quiet any longer
Okay, I haven’t finished the book yet, but I gotta give some mad props to Jim Walsh for The Replacements:…
Come rejoice with me in my writing validation
Writing is kind of a thankless obsession. It’s filled with rejection, self-doubt, and general insanity. When you’re an unpublished fiction-writer,…
You’ll recoup a big fat Mercedes
Do you remember that scene in High Fidelity when Rob comes into Championship, limping? Dick and Barry are standing at…