January 14, 2013
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Professor Doug Rice, author of Dream Memoirs of a Fabulist and A Good Cuntboy is Hard to Find, (and more) was the second reader for my graduate thesis and a remarkable teacher of the craft of writing. One assignment from my … Continue reading
October 10, 2011
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The current issue of Word Riot is out and raises the bar once again for on-line literary magazines. Thanks to Jackie Corley and the editors for doing such a fine job finding gems. One of my favorites from the issue: plans … Continue reading
September 20, 2010
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Wig Leaf Quick Fiction Monkey Bicycle Abjective Try this exercise, and enjoy these stories: FlashFiction.net
May 17, 2010
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A great “final” reading at Sac State by departing professor Peter Grandbois was a retrospective of sorts, as he generously read from the works of his colleagues who, as he put it, he ended up writing “in conversation” with. He … Continue reading
February 17, 2010
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By a friend from a past life Kathryn Wilkens Fiction with a Pasadena twist.
February 7, 2010
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If you haven’t found this (The Mississippi Review), it’s about time you do. Loving the Flash Fiction issue, edited by Kim Chinquee, this issue features the Brothers Grandbois, Paul Lisicky, (who I had hoped to study with at Juniper, but … Continue reading
February 24, 2009
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Each fall and spring I have had the honor and pleasure of presenting my work to a small gathering of colleagues at the Sacramento State Library Galleria during their Collective Reading Series. Tomorrow I have that pleasure once again, but … Continue reading
February 9, 2009
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On the TV over the sushi bar a video image of an assault plays over and over: A woman is working behind a convenience store counter and a man appears to make a purchase wrapped in a brown paper bag. … Continue reading
February 2, 2009
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Weeding out the prudes, that’s what the professor of writing was doing the first night of class. Twitching and talking about transgender people and hinting about his own sex and his fuck the establishment “I’ll drop your ass.” Like cursing … Continue reading
January 30, 2009
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“Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears.” Italo Calvino While the towers stood, I had never visited Trinity Church or stepped inside the cemetery’s wrought iron fence. The hole opens up other options. The elimination of … Continue reading