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April 26, 2011
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Goodreads update

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

March 15, 2011
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Nahoonkara: Phrasing, pacing, crafting beauty

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

May 17, 2010
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Peter Grandbois Reading my story, “Homework”

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

April 30, 2010
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Toast and Roast for Grandbois

Last year I had the opportunity for a few uninterrupted conversations with my friend and colleague Dr. Peter Grandbois, and turned it into an interview for Word Riot. Anyone could tell from that interview what a thoughtful and intelligent man … Continue reading

February 7, 2010
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Current Mississippi Review features Flash Fictions

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

November 29, 2009
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Irene Vilar at Sacramento State on Thursday

I spotted the full page advertisement for the release of Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict in the December issue of The Writer’s Chronicle, and I bent it back at the spine, recognizing the name but not quite sure … Continue reading