Category Archives: Writing

Beautiful Things

Sometimes even Larceny can be a beautiful thing.…

The sun will shine on us again

I’ve been selected as a 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Fiction! Excited to be part of the program and thankful to have this kind of support!…

Il y a longtemps que je t’aime

Right Hand Pointing, one of my favorite journals, is still going strong after sixteen years!…

Never speak to me

The beauty of the poor man’s writing retreat!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Threats

Thanks to Amelia Gray for coming to New York to visit classes and read from her new novel. Scales fell from eyes. Lives were changed. Her novel, Threats, is available now!
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Blank sheets of paper

“Writing is easy; all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead.” —Gene Fowler…

The Man in the (Plastic) Iron Mask

I travel to the &Now Conference and UCSD, site of my past glory transgressions. Look for me where the red tide rises.…

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.…

The novel

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

Thin Air

I’m in Denver for AWP 2010 and was able to meet the nice people at Thin Air Magazine. Their latest issue is out and includes my story, “Next to My Heart I Keep a Digitally Altered Photo of You.” Thanks to the editors for all the kind words about it. It was also nice …