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It’s girl’s day in Chicago. Zoelle and I are new dress this and tight jeans that, fantastic spring blouses and lace-lined panties. We are idiculous hair ties, wide belts and leather [...]

F196. Flash Fast Sudden Fiction and the Short Story. (Ed Falco, Jayne Anne Phillips, John Dufresne, Steve Almond) The authors on this panel agreed unanimously that they don’t care what a [...]

The conference ended yesterday and while I intend to type up my notes, my friend Vondy picked me up this morning at the Hilton and we headed toward Milwaukee, Wisconsin for a few days. It seems [...]

I’ve been emailing back and forth a bit with Pacific University’s beloved JfD, fiction writer and teacher extraordinaire. He write me yesterday that a woman walked up to him in a bar last night—a [...]

[There are TWO POSTS for my second day at the conference. Miss the first one? Scroll down.] Hello Nick Hornby. Hello Dorthy fucking Allison. Hello Marilyn Robinson, Kim Adonizio, and Nick Flynn. [...]

There’s sunlight frosted in smog, a horn honking approximately once every minute, and from this eagle’s perch overlooking Grant Park and Lake Michigan, it feels as though I should be looking for [...]

I am directed through the revolving door. I am sent to the Bell Captain. I am assisted with my registration. I am pushed to the S line, given my token book bag. My REI Valhalla frame pack is [...]

Travel day! Made it here, thumbs up. Took the orange line from Midway to Roosevelt, walked to my friend Amy’s art studio, had some wine, had some sake, ate sushi. Took the Pink line to her [...]

I’m two days ahead of schedule for a footbridges fundraising update, but I leave for Chicago tomorrow, so here goes: I am happy to report that Lost Crossings has now raised $735, or 1/3 of its [...]

I am doing a meditation retreat through Monday so there will be no posts.