Category Archives: current events
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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Savage Beauty
It felt like a cross between a movie premiere, a post office line and a funeral for a head of state. The lying in state of the body of work. Friday my partner Dustin and I went to see Alexander … Continue reading
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Eileen Myles at the Awl on the VIDA Stats
The chart from VIDA on the rate at which women are reviewed and published versus men is an eye-opener. Eileen Myles’ reaction is one of the most personally felt and vigorous to date. Honestly, I could quote the whole thing, … Continue reading
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Wear Purple Day
This morning I woke up and put on a purple v-neck t-shirt, in remembrance of Tyler Clementi, Seth Walsh, Justin Aaberg, Raymond Chase, Asher Brown, Billy Lucas, Zach Harrington and GLBT teens everywhere who took their lives out of fear. This … Continue reading
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This is the Spurwink Church Meeting house in Maine. To the right of this is my father’s grave. My sister was married here, so my father could be there, and celebrated her wedding on House Island, off the coast of … Continue reading
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“The Heart of a Female Warrior”: Sam J. Miller Interviews Mary McConnell at Galactica Sitrep
In popular culture, we always imagine that the robots will want to exterminate us. There’s a real fear that as soon as machines become intelligent, they become a threat to us. Why do you think people have that knee-jerk reaction? … Continue reading
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The Beavers Have Returned to Scotland
My friend Peter Terzian, over at Bookforum, expounds on the career of George Wyndham, the ultimate late bloomer. The GOP is trying to complain about the cost of the Obama’s trip to New York, but they were memorably silent as … Continue reading
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Americans Still Apparently Practice “Shunning”
A highly informal poll of readers of this blog finds they miss the news roundups, so, they’re back. Americans still apparently practice “shunning”. James Franco will star in a film about Allan Ginsburg’s “Howl”, perhaps making his life as an … Continue reading
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The 11th Annual Asian American Literary Awards, Honoring BD Wong and Henry David Hwang
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York City is having their 11th Annual Literary Awards. This year’s event features a public conversation between B.D. Wong and Henry David Hwang, and Oskar Eustis, the Artistic Director of the Public Theater, … Continue reading
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The Good News Bad News Bears
After running the US into the ground and bankrupting the economy by running a permanent campaign and trying to create a “permanent Republican majority”, Republicans would like to warn you about the dangers of one-party rule. This is an amazing … Continue reading
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