Book of the Year
on Dec 30, 2008 in 2008 reads  The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti was read by my book club a few months ago and has been selected as this blogs Book of the Year 2008. The story begins with a young boy, Ren, who was abandoned by his parents and raised at Saint Anthony’s orphanage...

Interview with Hannah Tinti
on Dec 30, 2008 in interview Is there any special method to your writing?I write directly into a computer. I don’t use note cards or plot things out, specifically. I work sentence by sentence, and just see where it leads me.   How many hours a day do you spend reading/writing...

"Seven Days in the Art World" by Sarah Thornton
on Dec 25, 2008 in art Sarah ThorntonSeven Days in the Art WorldA fly-on-the-wall account of the smart and strange subcultures that make, trade, curate, collect, and hype contemporary art.Sarah Thornton is a freelance writer who contributes to The New Yorker, BBC TV, and...

E.B. White
on Dec 25, 2008 in short stories E.B. WhiteOnce More to the Lake (1941)*This short story was passed on to me by an colleague and I thought it was worth mentioning.“Once More to the Lake” is autobiographical and intensely personal. Click above to read the whole piece and check ou...

Robert Lopez
on Dec 25, 2008 in author alert Who is Robert Lopez?Robert Lopez is the author of Part of the World. His fiction and poetry has appeared in dozens of journals, including; Bomb, The Threepenny Review, New Orleans Review, New England Review, Denver Quarterly, Blackbird, Nerve, etc.

Blake Butler
on Dec 25, 2008 in blogs  Book trailer and images from Blake Butler's forthcoming Ever.Check out Blake's blog for more rants, raves and such. Read one of Blake's older pieces, "Exponential" published in Willow Springs 61, Spring 2008.

"The Wit of the Staircase"
on Dec 25, 2008 in websites "The Wit of the Staircase"byKathleen RooneyReview:This short story is about McSorley's in New York City. It made me want to run out to grab a pint in this historical bar. The style reminds me of flash fiction, although the topic is based on