A Quaint And Curious Volume
Edgar Allan Poe turns 200 on Monday, January 19, and the bicentennial has prompted a series of celebrations in several […]
Fall for the Book, George Mason University, Mysteries/Thrillers, Poetry, Writing
Writing
Poetry, Writing
A Poet, In Conversation With Poets
An interest in writing as a craft has driven many of the posts on this site — from my early
Writing
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
Interviews, Writing
Kyle Semmel Talks Translations
Kyle Semmel’s work as publications & communications manager of The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland, is unquestionably a full-time job.
Interviews, North Carolina Literature, Southern Literature, Writing
Debut Novelist Kate Betterton Talks About Fiction, Family, Death, and Life After Death
Kate Betterton’s novel Where the Lake Becomes the River won the 2008 Novello Literary Award, an annual contest for writers
Writing, Writing Exercises
The Creative Habit
Among the award recipients at this past weekend’s Kennedy Center Honors was dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp, maybe most widely
Interviews, Writing
An Interview with Porter Shreve
A native of Washington D.C. and now the director of the Creative Writing Program at Purdue University, Porter Shreve is
North Carolina Literature, Writing
Historical Usage of Derogatory Slang
Ostriches bury their heads in the sand. In the midst of all the current publishing upheaval (explored elsewhere better than
Mysteries/Thrillers, North Carolina Literature, Southern Literature, Writing
It’s Not Just That I’m Sick Of Cats…
…but I’ve been reading and rereading a few mystery stories about dogs recently — specifically the kind that don’t bark.
Interviews, Mysteries/Thrillers, Writing
An Interview with Charles Ardai
Charles Ardai’s new novel, Fifty-to-One, marks a milestone in his career both as an author and as an editor. In
Interviews, Southern Literature, Writing
An Interview With Nani Power
Nani Power‘s first novel, Crawling at Night, earned the kind of attention and honors that most debut novelists would surely envy:
Writing, Writing Exercises
Revisions Everywhere (Two Exercises)
I would say it’s that time of the semester, but I’m encountering “revisions” everywhere — and all the bad feelings