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October 16, 2026
An Exciting Event in Andes, NY
For those of you in the Catskills, I wanted to make you aware of this event at the beautiful Andes bookstore, Diamond Hollow Books - one of the most gorgeous and complete and surprising stores I’ve...
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October 11, 2026
First Opera Photos
A Sunday Cornucopia
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October 4, 2026
“The Good Denis”
First Thoughts.
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September 27, 2026
“The Good Denis”
A post-blunder repost.
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September 24, 2026
A New Story
“The Good Denis” by Marie NDiaye
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September 24, 2026
What Is “a Character,” Anyway?
Office Hours
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September 20, 2026
In Which Gunnhild Øyehau Answers Your Questions
(Your Fabulous Questions)
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September 13, 2026
First Thoughts on “Apples”
A wonderment of a story by Gunnhild Øyehaug
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September 10, 2026
Some Thoughts on Non-Fiction
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September 6, 2026
A New Story
“Apples,” by Gunnhild Øyehaug
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September 2, 2026
If You’re Near Lexington, VA...
So Will I Be. :)
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August 30, 2026
Nona Fernández Answers...
...your questions on “The Illumination of Santiago”
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August 28, 2026
Some Movie News...
...about “Lincoln in the Bardo”
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August 26, 2026
“Rude Awakenings”
My chat with Samuel Bercholz: Full Video.
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August 25, 2026
Join me today....
...for my interview with Samuel Bercholz
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August 23, 2026
A Slight Change of Plans....
..and some thoughts on that which shall not be named (i.e., blurbs)
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August 20, 2026
“Expanding a Restrictive Paradigm”
Office Hours
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August 16, 2026
"The Illumination of Santiago"
Let's discuss this beautiful thing.
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August 9, 2026
"The Illumination of Santiago"
A new story for us, by Nona Fernández
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August 6, 2026
On the Perils of Self-Assessing...
...too early, too roughly, too preemptively.
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August 2, 2026
Sudden Cheers and Whoops
In which we step through five pages of "Al Roosten," in service of the Platforms and Stepladder model of the short story.
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July 26, 2026
Happy Sunday
Platforms, stepladders, Orwell
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July 23, 2026
Seams
What does a good idea feel like?
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