Where to Find Me in Chicago

Friends, Fans and Fellow Writers, Please come by and see me at the AWP conference in Chicago.  Hear me read from my chapbook Slow Depth and get your copy signed. On Thursday March 1, 2012 from 6:00pm-8:00pm:  I will be reading at theRane Arroyo Memorial Reading located at 624 S. Michigan AvenueColumbia College North Library Reading […]

Those Reading Lists

I resolved last year to keep a reading list.  I was successful and maybe keeping a list helped me to reach my goal of reading 100 books.  This year, in January I read something like 3,000 pages for pleasure and as academic work.  3,000 Pages!  That is the most I have ever read in a […]

In the Weeks to Come

Dear Readers, In the weeks to come, I will be heading to AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) in Chicago.  Between 7,000-10,000 writers, publishers, editors, educators, and readers will converge on the Windy City to attend readings, panels, and party with the literati and academia.  It’s fun.  It’s draining.  It is also where my […]

Welcome 2012!

Thank you dear readers old and new for sticking with me into the new year.  I am grateful for you! 2012 will bring some new things to this blog: new author interviews, more talk about books, and hopefully some more pictures.  I haven’t posted many original photos in the past, but everyone likes to look. […]