The North Carolina Literary Review has just announced the publication of its 2009 issue, boasting a focus on N.C. drama…
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A Quick Shout-Out to The Poetry Instigator
The mention of poet Fred Chappell in my previous post (I’m working through his enjoyable but more-challenging-than-I’d-expected new collection, Shadow…
Continue reading →Festival News Across Two States
As part of my various jobs, I keep tabs on two literary festivals in the Carolinas and Virginia — and…
Continue reading →N.C. Poet Al Maginnes Interviewed
Al Maginnes, a fine poet based in Raleigh, N.C., is the focus of this week’s blog How A Poem Happens. I’ve…
Continue reading →“Here For You” at Fiction Weekly
I’m very pleased that one of my stories, “Here for You,” was accepted for publication by Fiction Weekly and has just…
Continue reading →Weekend Events In & Around D.C.
Several events vying for attention on my personal calendar this weekend. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHBQ5k1kpe8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecinemaartstheatre%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded]A few months back, I quoted on this blog…
Continue reading →The Triangle Celebrates National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, of course, and two of the Triangle’s independent bookstores are getting in on the action,…
Continue reading →Matthew Vollmer Visits Triangle Bookstores
More than two months ago, I began asking when some of North Carolina’s bookstores might be hosting a visit by…
Continue reading →Amanda Lamb Tracks A Murderess in N.C. & George Witte Considers Deniability in D.C.
Among the more literary events in the Triangle area of North Carolina this weekend is an appearance by septuagenarian novelist Paule Marshall,…
Continue reading →Jack Gilbert Then and Here and Here and Later
A few years back, when I was more involved on the programming side of the Fall for the Book Festival,…
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