Blog - Page 102 of 108

The Rambler Publishes “Shrimp and Grits”

I’m honored that The Rambler, a fine, fine magazine based in North Carolina, has published my short story “Shrimp and […]

Kyle Semmel’s work as publications & communications manager of The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland, is unquestionably a full-time job.

In the wake of yesterday’s post about Blackbird, a play reflecting on a relationship between a 40-year-old man and a

Last night, Tara and I had the fine privilege of seeing the Studio Theatre’s production of David Harrower’s Blackbird, catching it

The closer we get to the actual holidays, the slimmer the pickings in readings and signings. In North Carolina, the

An article in this morning’s Washington Post (Dec. 16) explored the question of whether the Newbery Medal, the world’s oldest

Kate Betterton’s novel Where the Lake Becomes the River won the 2008 Novello Literary Award, an annual contest for writers

I just received the new issue of Mystery Scene, and was pleased to see Donna Andrews on the cover. Andrews

Kate Betterton‘s first novel, Where the Lake Becomes the River — set largely in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Era — won

Among the award recipients at this past weekend’s Kennedy Center Honors was dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp, maybe most widely

A native of Washington D.C. and now the director of the Creative Writing Program at Purdue University, Porter Shreve is

Ostriches bury their heads in the sand. In the midst of all the current publishing upheaval (explored elsewhere better than