Category Archives: Personal

News

Well friends, life continues to be wacky. I’m a midwesterner now, splitting my time between New Buffalo, MI and Chicago, IL. So far, so good, though, and seriously I know everyone gets it, but that lake is huge. Anyway, as

News

Well friends, life continues to be wacky. I’m a midwesterner now, splitting my time between New Buffalo, MI and Chicago, IL. So far, so good, though, and seriously I know everyone gets it, but that lake is huge. Anyway, as

The Drunken Boat

For the last few summers, I’ve spent great chunks of my time shelf-reading at the library. Standing in an aisle, reading call numbers, making sure that 140,000 volumes are all in the order Library of Congress and we have laid

The Drunken Boat

For the last few summers, I’ve spent great chunks of my time shelf-reading at the library. Standing in an aisle, reading call numbers, making sure that 140,000 volumes are all in the order Library of Congress and we have laid

Tom Robbins, and the Beet

I’m interested in writing about the anxiety of influence, but I wonder if I have anything to say that hasn’t been said already. I was making dinner about an hour ago, slicing into a beet. God damn, beets are beautiful.

Tom Robbins, and the Beet

I’m interested in writing about the anxiety of influence, but I wonder if I have anything to say that hasn’t been said already. I was making dinner about an hour ago, slicing into a beet. God damn, beets are beautiful.

Well, This Is Nice

Oh, internet, it’s been too long. I spent the winter in a bit of a seasonal depression daze, submitting to journals and reading sad books and eating a lot of soysage. Yeah, that’s right, not even real sausage. Soysage. But,

Well, This Is Nice

Oh, internet, it’s been too long. I spent the winter in a bit of a seasonal depression daze, submitting to journals and reading sad books and eating a lot of soysage. Yeah, that’s right, not even real sausage. Soysage. But,

The Apology

Also, friends, there IS new fiction this week. A short-short called The Apology is on my new fiction page. Aptly titled, as I think I owe an apology for not updating in some time.

The Apology

Also, friends, there IS new fiction this week. A short-short called The Apology is on my new fiction page. Aptly titled, as I think I owe an apology for not updating in some time.

J.D. Salinger

The facts at hand presumably speak for themselves, but a trifle more vulgarly, I suspect, than facts even usually do. January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010

J.D. Salinger

The facts at hand presumably speak for themselves, but a trifle more vulgarly, I suspect, than facts even usually do. January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010

Bukowski at Work

It seems lately that I need to keep reminding myself of the benefits of my job. (almost) Unlimited access to 9,000,000 books across five colleges no supervision for five of my eight hours a day becoming exposed to hundreds of

Bukowski at Work

It seems lately that I need to keep reminding myself of the benefits of my job. (almost) Unlimited access to 9,000,000 books across five colleges no supervision for five of my eight hours a day becoming exposed to hundreds of