Hurricaned
Here’s a shoutout to friend-of-the-blog, John Howell, whose home in Port Aransas, Texas, has been getting pummeled by Hurricane Harvey for the past 24 hours. John and family have made … Continue reading
Sure gonna miss W. P. Kinsella
Woke up this morning to learn that one of my literary heroes has died. W. P. Kinsella, author of Shoeless Joe, most famously, but a consistent and always entertaining writer … Continue reading
More What The Hell gift ideas
You know you have to have an Edgar Allen Poe lunchbox. I offer this as a prompt to find a way to get someone to give you an Edgar Allen … Continue reading
The flamethrowers: feminism and literature
“Countless decisions I’ve made about what to write and how to write it have been in acquiescence to the opinions of the white male literati.” — Claire Vaye Watkins Have … Continue reading
Bulletin bulletin bulletin
Just an alert to regular readers here that I’m preparing one of my sporadic newsletters for delivery later this week. If you aren’t already a subscriber — and I know … Continue reading
With a little help from our “friends”: Amazon is deleting some reviews
Here we go again — Amazon getting all Stasi on us. This just came into my radar range yesterday, when a Goodreads author posted a petition (below) complaining that Amazon … Continue reading
Never give a Finch
I won’t be reading Harper Lee’s, Go Set A Watchman. Why? Because “Atticus Finch” is gone. Atticus Finch, sans quotation marks, survives in the new novel as a KKK-sampling elderly … Continue reading
Co-writing a novel: two’s a crowd
A couple of dudes wrote a novel together and think you should too! Gavin Kovite & Christopher Robinson are the author of War of the Encyclopaedists (Scribner). It’s a collaborative … Continue reading
Cover reveal: Harper Lee’s new novel
Have you seen it yet? The cover to Harper Lee’s new novel, Go Set A Watchman? Well, there it is if you haven’t ☝︎. I kind of like it, as … Continue reading
Caveat emptor when you read memoirs
I just did a little review of Tom Robbins’ memoir, Tibetan Peach Pie, at Goodreads, and I thought I’d share it here to raise the question of whether writers’ memoirs … Continue reading
