Jason Roberts compiled writers’ reflections on John Updike today for The Rumpus. There are contributions by Andrew Sean Greer, Andrew Foster Altschul, Rick Moody, and yours truly, among others.
Margaret Cardillo interviewed me for The Rumpus, and asked me all sorts of surprising questions. Read the interview here. Margaret, a former editor at Hyperion Books, is currently a James Michener Fellow at the University of Miami. Eleven years ago, I was exactly where she is now (except for, well, I’d never been an editor in New York, and I didn’t already have a book deal, which she does–a children’s book about Audrey Hepburn that will be published by Harper Collins in 2010.) I’ll be meeting Margaret and the other MFA candidates in a couple of months when I...
What a wonderful day this is! I listened to the radio broadcast of the inauguration at my son’s preschool this morning, surrounded by his friends and teachers. My son, who just turned four in December, sat on my lap, listening intently, clapping when he heard the applause of the audience on the radio. It felt like the right place to be. This morning, we made cinnamon rolls in the shape of the letter O to share with his class. He may not understand a lot about this day, but he does understand that it’s a celebration.
The Rumpus bills itself as “the National Public Radio of literary magazines.” You decide! It’s a swell site with daily updated content, author interviews, book reviews, blogs from the likes of Michelle Tea and Kaui Hart Hemmings, literary news, music, and oh so much more, people. See the whole thing kick into action tonight at the Make-Out Room, where Margaret Cho will be doing her thing. Daniel Handler will be there, too. And just about anyone you know who writes books or digs the litscene in San Francisco (except those of us who don’t have a sitter). Who’s behind...
Tune in to KQED today at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time to hear my City Arts and Lectures conversation with Paul Auster, which was recorded at the Herbst Theater in September. Auster talks about his latest novel, Man in the Dark, his writing process, politics, Scotch, and what it’s like to have an assistant, among other things.
