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…

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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 to hang out with friends old and new. I hope to see everyone again next year in DC!

A story that has been my record holder for most rejections has at last been accepted for publication. The glorious literary magazine involved will go to press later this month. Perhaps, also later this month, I will go into the West and be nearer this luminous journal.