Author Archives: Admin

AWP DC

Against all odds, we made it to DC for the AWP Conference. Avoided the storm of the century even though many of our colleagues did not. Think Millenium Falcon escaping the second Death Star explosion.…

February 3, 2011 – 9:26 pm | By Admin | Posted in Academic, Writing | Tagged | Comments Off on AWP DC

The novel

A new semester, a new set of challenges. Pages, pages, pages……

January 17, 2011 – 1:22 am | By Admin | Posted in Academic, Reading, Writing | Comments Off on The novel

Storytime

I gave a public reading in the preschool room at the Clinton Early Learning Center. Perhaps one of the most attentive and grateful audiences I’ve ever had. They even laughed at my jokes……

December 20, 2010 – 1:20 am | By Admin | Posted in Family, Reading | Comments Off on Storytime

Green Chili

Returning to Missouri for a visit, it was the small things I missed and appreciated the most.…

November 5, 2010 – 1:15 am | By Admin | Posted in General | Comments Off on Green Chili

Once upon a time in the midwest

I recently participated on a panel about the inner workings of the literary magazine. Along the way, it turned into “horror stories from a former editor.” Unfortunately, it was all true.…

October 20, 2010 – 1:09 am | By Admin | Posted in Academic | Comments Off on Once upon a time in the midwest

The Five Venoms

It was actually five writers reading a mix of nonfiction, poetry, and fiction–but I believe there was some venomous substance to the work. Thank you to everyone who attended the Stone Canoe Reading at Hamilton College and thanks to my fellow readers for their gifts of literary poison.…

September 7, 2010 – 10:55 am | By Admin | Posted in Reading | Tagged | Comments Off on The Five Venoms

The Physics of Imaginary Objects

Tina May Hall’s The Physics of Imaginary Objects is shipping now! And how can this be? The book in my hands over a month before the publication date? Do not question your good fortune, gentle reader, just grab it while you can.…

August 9, 2010 – 8:43 pm | By Admin | Posted in Reading | Tagged | Comments Off on The Physics of Imaginary Objects

Summer Reading

When I was in grade school, I read nearly every book in the library’s children section and had to move to the bigger books that were kept upstairs. These days, I just reread A Moveable Feast over and over.…

July 15, 2010 – 11:33 pm | By Admin | Posted in Reading | Tagged | Comments Off on Summer Reading

Awake, arise, or be forever fallen!

Tina May Hall’s The Physics of Imaginary Objects is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Arise, all loosely connected acquaintances, and purchase this incipient thing!…

June 8, 2010 – 11:58 pm | By Admin | Posted in Reading | Tagged | Comments Off on Awake, arise, or be forever fallen!

This is Water

Another school year ends. Another wave of hopeful graduates. Here’s David Foster Wallace’s excellent commencement address.…

May 30, 2010 – 8:53 am | By Admin | Posted in Academic | Comments Off on This is Water