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.…

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September 7, 2010 | | Posted in Reading | Tagged | Comments Off

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.…

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August 9, 2010 | | Posted in Reading | Tagged | Comments Off

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.…

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July 15, 2010 | | Posted in Reading | Tagged | Comments Off

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!…

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June 8, 2010 | | Posted in Reading | Tagged | Comments Off

This is Water

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

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May 30, 2010 | | Posted in Academic | Comments Off

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 …

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April 8, 2010 | | Posted in Writing | Tagged , | Comments Off

The long thaw

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.…

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March 5, 2010 | | Posted in Writing | Tagged , | Comments Off

Drue Heinz Literature Prize

Tina May Hall’s The Physics of Imaginary Objects has won the 2010 Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Here’s the press release to tell you all about it!…

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February 10, 2010 | | Posted in Reading | Tagged | Comments Off

Stone Canoe

The latest issue of Stone Canoe is now available and includes my story “Tell Us About Your Best Kiss.” The launch party was at the XL Projects Gallery in Syracuse—these people know how to roll out a new issue! I was able to chat with the wonderful editors and snag my contributor’s copies. It’s a …

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January 23, 2010 | | Posted in Writing | Tagged | Comments Off

The End is Nigh

See if you can tell which lines are from all-campus announcements and which are from the apocalyptic novels we read this semester:

Our students are getting sick now in large numbers.

Late yesterday afternoon, a Hamilton student went to the Health Center with flu-like symptoms consistent with the virus.

The student has been isolated in …

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December 18, 2009 | | Posted in Academic | Tagged | Comments Off