I am so, so happy to announce that Danny M. Hoey, Jr, author of the novel The Butterfly Lady, has written a review of my chapbook, Box Cutters! The review is up at Heavy Feather Review, and it’s beautifully kind! In language that is poetic, evocative, and lean, Snoek-Brown has managed to create a world thatContinue reading “New review of Box Cutters“
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New publication
The new issue of Red Fez, one of the coolest literary magazines online, is out today, and I have a new story in it. It’s called “To Smoke the Hookahs,” and I think you’ll dig it. But don’t just check out my story; this whole issue is awesome, including more fiction, articles on everything from foodContinue reading “New publication”
New publication
I’ve written about this before, from time to time, but now it’s out in the world, waiting for you to buy it: the Revenge of the Scammed anthology, a benefit book to help out writer Edward J Rathke, is now available for purchase at Amazon. In it, you’ll find my story, “What Scholars Study They Strive toContinue reading “New publication”
Portland Review Winter 2014 Issue Launch Party, April 1
No fooling: This coming Tuesday, on April 1, I’ll be reading with a bunch of my fellow writers appearing in the newly-released Winter 2014 issue of the Portland Review. The issue contains my story “Mathematics,” which isn’t online (yet?) so if you want to check it out, you should get a copy of the issue. Or,Continue reading “Portland Review Winter 2014 Issue Launch Party, April 1″
New review of Box Cutters
I just learned that Spencer Dew has written a new review of Box Cutters; it appears in the March issue of decomP magazine. Dew’s comments are humbling: This opening story shows Snoek-Brown at the height of power, mastering the sort of casual, interior ramble that puts us, as readers, inside the skull and soul ofContinue reading “New review of Box Cutters“
Ink Noise in Portland, March 7
Just a short reminder that if you’re in Portland, OR, tomorrow night (March 7) around 8 pm, you should head over to the Jade Lounge in the southeast for the Ink Noise Review reading series. I’ll be joining a bunch of poets, including my friend John Sibley Williams, for an evening of beer and literature.Continue reading “Ink Noise in Portland, March 7”
The Jersey Devil wants to burn your books and eat your brains
Spring is just around the corner. The flowers are starting to push up and bloom, the sun is staying out longer, the weather will start to warm soon. But don’t worry. Jersey Devil Press has one last blast of cold, eerie darkness for you before your winter ends. We’re talking book-burning, war, zombies . .Continue reading “The Jersey Devil wants to burn your books and eat your brains”
Friends and family reading Box Cutters
Here I am at AWP, with new photos of people at the conference picking up copies of Box Cutters, and I’m still getting photos from family and friends with the chapbook, too! This is so exciting, gang, that I had to go ahead and share these new photos with you. And more (clearer) photos ofContinue reading “Friends and family reading Box Cutters”
People (and miniature people) reading Box Cutters
It’s been a while since I’ve posted any photos of people reading Box Cutters, but I have a few cool new photos. And then there’s my brother’s photo. Way way back, my great-grandfather (“Daddy Bill”) handcrafted an exact replica of his home as a dollhouse for his granddaughter — my mother. It was a stunningContinue reading “People (and miniature people) reading Box Cutters”
Hagridden (and practically every other indie novel this year) gets some early love
Author and editor Michael Seidlinger has been engaged in a hell of a project this year. For the past couple of months, he’s been gathering a list of pretty much every indie book coming out this year. And it’s a hell of a list, including news of forthcoming books by Jacob M. Appel, David S. Atkinson, Ryan W.Continue reading “Hagridden (and practically every other indie novel this year) gets some early love”
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