It’s always exciting when Don DeLillo releases a new novel, especially now when some of America’s old guard are slowing down or outright retiring (see Munro, Alice). Zero K looks to be especially good, a return to his old methodology after the more arch experiments of books like “Cosmopolis” or “Point Omega.” The language crackles … More New Don Delillo Novel Zero K
Another story from I’m Here: Alaska Stories. This one is called A Wrong in the World. It’s about the romance of escape and the lethargy of responsibility. It’s also about Othello. Sort of. But that comes in later. Here are the first few paragraphs. We had driven across British Columbia and through Resurrection Bay and … More A Wrong in the World: New Story
Thought I would share the opening of “A Tourist in the Land of Plenty” for those interested. If you’d like to read the complete story it will be appearing in The Southwest Review and also in the short story collection A Stranger in the Dream House. The opening appears as follows: The story went like … More A Tourist in the Land of Plenty: Opening
Working on what might become a novella. There are days when the writing comes easy and other days it’s real a struggle because I want to get this right. This story is about a trangender woman living in Fairbanks, Alaska in the late eighties. If this story were a dive or a ice skating routine … More The Body Underwater
This past year I’ve been working hard on a new collection of stories. But surprise surprise. As the writing process moved into the difficult middle stages the book cleaved into two. One of those books, I’m Here: Alaska Stories, contains 10 stories dramatizing life in Alaska and specifically the interior. I’m very happy with it. … More I’m Here: Alaska Stories collection complete
My story “A Tourist in the Land of Plenty” will be appearing in the new issue of Southwest Review. Like a lot of my stories lately it’s about the process of storytelling (I guess I’ve always written about this subject) and, more specifically, how stories are used to empower the people who tell them. The story of … More A Tourist in the Land of Plenty in Southwest Review
A new story La Recoleta will appear in the next issue of TriQuarterly. I’m very happy to have a piece accepted to this fine journal. La Recoleta takes place on two continents–rural Indiana and urban Argentina–and is one of the stories I’ve been working on for my new collection with the working title A Stranger … More La Recoleta in TriQuarterly
My short story I’m Here will be appearing in the Spring issue of Prairie Schooner. I’m Here is about a lot of things–race, body politics, sexual fantasy, horses, internet predators–but mostly it’s about being cold and alone. Read the first page here: The horse leans into the shed wall like a drunk, fettled skull lowered, … More I’m Here
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