I’m a big fan of Ally Malinenko’s work, and I’ve been eagerly awaiting her novel This Is Sarah for months now, so when her publisher put out the word that they were looking for participants in Ally’s blog tour to promote the book, I jumped on board and asked to do an interview. For thoseContinue reading “Interview with Ally Malinenko, author of This Is Sarah”
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Borrowed Time, by Chad A. Clark
One of the things that fascinates me about Facebook is that, hiding behind all the selfies and memes and foodporn and political rants and vaguebook complaints, there is this weird but delightful secret world of writers groups. Seriously, they’re everywhere, and somehow, I’ve managed to become involved with fifteen of them. This is awesome. SomeContinue reading “Borrowed Time, by Chad A. Clark”
People reading Box Cutters in Powell’s!
Today I met up with my grad school pal Rima and some of her colleagues, who are in Oregon at a very cool NEH Summer Institute. And since we’re all of us academics (read: NERDS!), of course we met up at Powell’s City of Books. Everyone bought a stack of books, because how can youContinue reading “People reading Box Cutters in Powell’s!”
Hagridden has a cover!
It’s here, gang! Hagridden has a cover! I love everything about this, including the stuff you can’t see, by which I mean the conversations between me and the publisher as we looked at drafts of this. But my favorite bit: the clean font + distressed look = exactly the right combination of the book’s literary seriousnessContinue reading “Hagridden has a cover!”
Rougarou: Journey to the End of the Night
Didn’t you ever run so fast you thought your legs were going to fall off? You know, like when you were running towards the swings? Or running away from Satan? The neighbor’s dog. Or, in this case, the rougarou! That’s right, gang: come September 20, the residents of Columbus, Ohio, will be racing through the twilitContinue reading “Rougarou: Journey to the End of the Night”
The Jersey Devil loves a freak show
We have a brand-new issue of Jersey Devil Press, and it’s just in time for you to get your freak on for 4th of July! We have people wearing animal flesh, bloody murder for the throne of a back alley mob, haunted madmen on murder sprees, moth men, upside-down houses . . . And a rad woman on raging motorcycle for our coverContinue reading “The Jersey Devil loves a freak show”
New review of Box Cutters
Folks, there’s a new review of my chapbook, Box Cutters! This one’s by Elise Matthews, in American Microreviews and Interviews, and maybe I’m biased, but I think it’s a fascinating read. A lot of reviewers have paid a lot of attention to the “between the lines” stuff going on behind the stories, but Matthews goes theContinue reading “New review of Box Cutters“
Every Kiss A War
Originally posted on Brianna Pike:
When you’re a poet sending out work into the universe, it can seem like the literary world is very, very large. But then something happens that reminds you that indeed it is a small world. A small world full of generous, talented writers. A few weeks ago I was online…
Little Surprises Around Every Corner But Nothing Dangerous, or We’ve Got a Delay
In which amazing writer Ally Malinenko writes of many awesome literary things. And also of me. (Thanks, Ally!)
More literary news than you can read in a week
Man oh man. I’m looking at my web browser now and I have half a dozen tabs open just to stories about writing and publishing. And in my history, I’ve got almost a dozen more links I’ve visited in the past week or so. It’s been a busy time for literary news, is what I’mContinue reading “More literary news than you can read in a week”
Samuel Snoek-Brown 