Have just packed my bags and am heading out the door, sayonara to the great cold state of North Dakota. At dinner last night I sat next to Mary Gaitskill, author of Veronica–in my mind one of the best five books of fiction the past couple of years. She’s a lovely person, warm and funny [...]
Blogging from North Dakota, where I’m participating in the Writing on the Body conference. I was on a panel, “The Metaphorical Body,” yesterday with poets Miller Williams and Li-Young Li, and artist Anne Harris. I loved sitting back and listening to Williams, who was thoughtful and eloquent, and who, in addition to his own achievements [...]
When I was a kid, my mom was big on ritual. Every event–from the loss of a tooth to a birthday–was celebrated. It’s still in my genes. I like to honor significant days with hooplah.
Today is the official publication date of THE YEAR OF FOG, but this morning I left San Francisco for North Dakota. [...]
Samantha Berry interviewed me for the April issue of Marin Magazine, on stands now.
THE YEAR OF FOG received an “A” today from the Washington Post in the Media Mix feature, its bite-sized listing of upcoming books and movies. It’s been a long time since I’ve been graded. I remember something about getting a B in graduate school in a class where all we had to do was watch [...]
There’s a rave review of Yellowcake, by Ann Cummins, in tomorrow’s Washington Post.
I’m blogging for Book Passage this weekend in anticipation of the Tuesday release of The Year of Fog. Go to the Book Passage blog to share your thoughts on Ocean Beach in particular and San Francisco in general.
This from Anne Flaherty for AP:
A sharply divided House voted Friday to order President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq next year, a victory for Democrats in an epic war-powers struggle and Congress’ boldest challenge yet to the administration’s policy. Ignoring a White House veto threat, lawmakers voted 218-212, mostly along party lines, [...]
Meg Waite Clayton, author of The Language of Light, has sold her new novel, The Wednesday Sister, to Ballantine. The book will come out in summer 2008.
And tonight at Phoenix Books on 24th Street in San Francisco–readings, music, wine, & more, featuring:
receptionist movement, jon longhi, meredith maran, victor krummenacher, jane juska, bucky sinister, alison & [...]
A new issue of Fiction Attic is now online, featuring nine short stories by eight intriguing writers. Real estate and record shops, masochism and murder, doppelgangers, majorettes, toys and tears and closets of love…it’s all here. The stories are illustrated with original art by Stephen Shearer, Andy Batt, and our featured artist, three-time NEA Fellow [...]
