January 16, 2008

Every Time It Happens, They Say It’s The First Time

One of the really puzzling phenomena, for example, has been the habitual reference to Clinton’s run as “the first serious campaign for president by a woman.” That is how I heard it described on a cable news program half an hour ago. Chances are, a similar formulation is being used by someone in media-land right [...]

January 16, 2008

The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Finals Are Here

My friend and former student Marco Rafala is in the finals in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. The winner will be published by Penguin. You can follow this link here to download his excerpt for free and check out all the finalists, or you can read it, after the jump. But vote for Marco!