Please join me for an evening of conversation at the Drew School in San Francisco on Feb. 27 at 7:00 p.m. I will be reading and discussing Golden State and my new story collection, Hum. I’ll be in conversation with a student. This event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.…Continue reading Join me at the Drew School
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Book Two of My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard (A Man in Love)
Book Two of Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard’s six-volume memoir, My Struggle, recently published by Archipilego Books in Brooklyn–is a bit of a puzzle. First, there is the controversy of the title. Publishers around the world have tried to find clever ways to deal with the negative associations with Mein Kampf. Then, there is the question…Continue reading Book Two of My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard (A Man in Love)
Emily Post’s Manners in a Digital world
The Emily Post Institute has released a new book with Open Road media, Emily Post’s Manners in a Digital World: Living Well Online, by Daniel Post Senning. In this video, Post’s great-great grandkids talk about the famous etiquette maven’s legacy and the importance of etiquette in a facebook, twitter, tumblr, and texting world. Writing a…Continue reading Emily Post’s Manners in a Digital world
The Next Time You See Me by Holly Goddard Jones
The Next Time You See Me, the debut novel by Holly Goddard Jones, is a literary mystery in the tradition of Kate Atkinson. The novel opens with the discovery of a body in the woods by a misfit middle-schooler named Emily Houchens. The novel’s plot hinges on Emily’s strange reaction to the body; rather than…Continue reading The Next Time You See Me by Holly Goddard Jones
What makes a great author website?
Web designer Brad Fitzgerald offers “6 Things Every Author Website Needs.” Author Media has a similar list, 6 Things Readers Want from Your Website. A couple of years ago, Huffington Post published a list of the 7 Best Author Websites. My own website has been through many mutations, and I’ve tried out more than a…Continue reading What makes a great author website?