will hochman on salinger documentary
My friend and mentor Will Hochman answers some questions and gives his opinion on the new Salinger documentary.
the house of order: cielo august book club selection
The good folks at CIELO: Culturally Integrated Education for Latinos Organization here in Springfield, Illinois will be discussing my book at their […]
the house of order writeup in the san francisco book review
Here’s a quick excerpt from the writeup in the August San Francisco Book Review: Star Rating: 5 out of 5 “Raw […]
nelson algren documentary
Happen to be reading through The Man With the Golden Arm this summer. Now news of Algren documentary. I’m looking forward […]
more yale writers’ conference notes
Enjoyed Sergio Troncoso’s fiction workshop the past ten days and wanted to post some of my notes on the rest […]
school’s just about out for the summer
Finishing up a particularly rough semester. Spending the last few days finishing up student publication editing as well as grading […]
what’s write for me interview
Just finished a very engaging What’s Write for Me interview on my book, writing and the process of writing. Thank you […]
i am a visitor in your world documentary
On Tuesday I had the fortune of attending a private screening of the inspirational documentary film I am a Visitor in […]
quick review: orwell’s down and out in paris and london
Drafting and revising semi-orphaned novel project but had some time to finish reading Orwell’s memoir/nonfiction/autobiographical novel about a young writer’s […]
spring break and being flynn
Spending time with Nick Flynn’s book and also watching some clips from the adaptation: “We all need to create the […]
“so it goes”–staying up late with kurt vonnegut
Some nights when I’m supposed to be working on my big fat failed novel. When I am supposed to be sleeping. […]
quick note on the sea is my brother by jack kerouac
I remember Kerouac biographer Ann Charter arguing in the documentary King of the Beats that Kerouac could write in any […]
quick note on daniel chacón’s unending rooms
Working my way through Sergio Troncoso’s list of suggested Latino authors. I began with Troncoso’s novel From This Wicked Patch of […]
jacqueline dougan jackson interview
Jacqueline “Jackie” Dougan Jackson is the author of over a dozen books, including three about the family dairy farm in […]
