Alexandra Sokoloff’s new novel, The Unseen, takes as its starting point a set of real-life experiments done by Dr. Joseph
The August 2009 issue of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine hits newsstands today, and with it — I’m proud to say
Throughout the course of his distinguished career, Alan Cheuse has proven himself adept at a variety of forms: the novel,
Al Maginnes, a fine poet based in Raleigh, N.C., is the focus of this week’s blog How A Poem Happens. I’ve
I’m teaching a Creative Nonfiction workshop at George Mason University this semester, and while Augusten Burroughs isn’t on the syllabus,
More than two months ago, I began asking when some of North Carolina’s bookstores might be hosting a visit by
For whatever fluke of timing, I received nearly a half-dozen magazines in my mailbox (and email inbox) over the last
Back in January, Tara Laskowski was named the Kathy Fish Fellow at SmokeLong Quarterly — a program honoring authors who’ve
Ron Charles, a gifted book critic and one of my editors at the Washington Post Book World, recently won the 2008 Nona
Laura Ellen Scott has had a flurry of fiction publications recently — a notably large number of them online: “From Laura’s
Much to enjoy at Fiction Writing Seminar at George Mason University yesterday (February 28). I won’t recap everything here, but
Among the big literary events in North Carolina this weekend is a visit by Jayne Anne Phillips, discussing her highly