October 12, 2011
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I’d like to offer congratulations to my Sacramento colleagues: Jen Palmares Meadows and Joshua McKinney for their contributions to Summer 2011 Denver Quarterly. McKinney’s poetry also appeared in the premier issue of Phantom Drift: A Journal of New Fabulism, as … Continue reading
September 1, 2011
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The September 2011 issue of Gently Read Literature, published by Daniel Casey, contains my review of Peter Grandbois‘ latest novel, Nahoonkara. Check it out!
August 10, 2011
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A digital, literary micro-magazine, Under the Gum Tree is a non-fiction storytelling project, published by my colleague Janna Marlies Santoro. She says, The concept was born out of my desire to live more vulnerably, more authentically and to help others do the … Continue reading
June 28, 2011
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Things are busy here, as I’ve been working with several writers on their manuscripts, newsletters and blogs, writing reviews, including one for Gently Read Literature, and preparing for an interview with Peter Grandbois for Rain Taxi. This morning I turned … Continue reading
May 4, 2011
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Word Riot is a real writers’ lit mag. It’s nothing fancy when you first see the home page, but the content is beautiful. It is what’s inside that counts, after all. April’s issue includes an interview of Doug Rice, a one-time … Continue reading
April 26, 2011
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I have mentioned Goodreads before. If you’re not on Goodreads, you might consider checking it out. Not that you really want more social networking opportunities, but since this is relating to books, it has a particular value. I find it … Continue reading
April 12, 2011
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The annual Festival of the Arts presents art exhibitions, theater and dance, symphonic ensembles, and literary readings this week at the Sacramento State University campus, 6000 J. St, down by the beautiful River Park section of Sacramento. Um- but who … Continue reading
March 15, 2011
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Nahoonkara by Peter Grandbois My rating: 5 of 5 stars ” I have heard that when some people murmur through the dark grammar of their lives, they actually believe they understand. ” ~Peter Grandbois Nahoonkara, 32 This book, which takes … Continue reading
July 6, 2010
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Do you keep track of your reading via Goodreads? Why do you do it? Have you tried to remember all of the books you’ve ever read? Who are you following? Do you write reviews? Are you tight with your stars? … Continue reading
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