Category Archives: author’s own
My Top Longreads for 2011
Mark Armstrong of Longreads invited me to submit my top Longreads for the year. If you haven’t found Longreads yet, I like it a lot. It’s a great way to locate longform narrative nonfiction, journalism and short fiction online. I … Continue reading
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We’re Off
It was around this time in 2003 when a young editor by the name of Dave Daley (now at Five Chapters) emailed me to ask if I had any work that had been sitting in a drawer. I did. I … Continue reading
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Some Current Events That Belong To Me
I am happy to report receiving two Pushcart Prize nominations this year, in fiction and nonfiction respectively. The Good Men Project wrote to say they had nominated my short story “My Next Move”, and The Morning News has nominated my … Continue reading
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Sonata
After a year of residencies and travel, I find I do not want to leave New York, not right now. Sometimes I do not even leave my apartment. It was all I could do to agree to see my family … Continue reading
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“I, Reader” Chosen for Notable Essays in Best American Essays 2011
Happy and proud to announce my essay “I, Reader” was selected for the Notable Essays list in this year’s Best American Essays.
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The Sarah Orne Jewett House Adventures, Pt. 1
Over at Writers’ Houses I have an essay up about my visit to Sarah Orne Jewett’s house. It includes a short defense of writers’ houses, which have come under attack in recent times, because, I don’t know, why not just … Continue reading
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In My Book Bag This Week – August 12
Mike Albo’s hilarious tell-all roman-a-clef of life as a freelance writer, The Junket. Get it. For weeks now I’ve had a galley for The Stranger’s Child, by Alan Hollinghurst. I love it. Don’t you want me to review it? Yes … Continue reading
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My Hedge Witch Chronicles
This week I published a review for Lev Grossman’s The Magician King over at NPR, and then followed up with an essay at the Morning News of me, well, wanting to be a Magician King, though I think, on reading … Continue reading
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Fanboy
Over at the Morning News, my new essay “Fanboy” is up. The artwork here is a beautiful illustration commissioned from an artist by the name of Katie Turner. This is an essay that began about a year ago in a comic … Continue reading
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