In the thick of a draft and want a clear, careful read? I’m offering manuscript consultations for fiction and memoir writers.
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Into the semis!
Brian Wilson wears a plaid shirt and holds a guitar with his name on it. A headline reads: "Brian Wilson, Leader of the Beach Boys, Dies at 82." Photo credit: Marissa Roth for The New York Times.
Breaking News: Brian Wilson, the leader of the Beach Boys, has died at 82. He became rock’s poet laureate of the surf genre. nyti.ms/3SKkaiv
“The first time we went down to the beach I wondered if you'd ever seen the ocean before, or gone swimming, or walked on sand.”
—Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
#SundaySentence
Delighted to see my story "Nothing to See Here" in the new issue of @greensbororeview.bsky.social!
Congrats!!
“We admired ropes of red chiles hung talisman-like near doors and speculated on the spirits they kept at bay.”
@ramoreeves.bsky.social, “Thieves of the Western World”
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#SundaySentence
Tulips
“And now, I thought I saw the same assessment in the eyes of the waiter, as he looked at me and then at the beautiful young man sitting opposite me.”
—Katie Kitamura, Audition
#SundaySentence
Happy to announce that the lit journal of the Converse low-res MFA program that I edit has a new issue. Congrats to these fabulous featured writers/photographer, and thanks to our team of readers/editors! Won't you take a peek? 👀
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So excited to have a new short story in the wonderful @south85journal.bsky.social
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Several students who sheltered in place during Thursday’s deadly shooting at Florida State University shared a traumatizing coincidence: They had also endured the Parkland, Florida, school massacre in 2018.
“Air was real thin and you could see all the way out across the pasture land. Frost was still well bit down on the stems, right close to the ground.”
—Sam Shepard, Curse of the Starving Class
#SundaySentence
Katie Kitamura's new novel “Audition” is one we desperately need right now: a close study of the characters that gender compels us to play and the terrifying thrill of going off-script. We discussed this, the fiction that is "agency," and Czech Cubism: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
In the finale of the third season of “The White Lotus” some characters got happy endings, while some decidedly did not. But there were enough twists to keep viewers guessing until the end.
“In certain ways those similar days a year ago have more clarity for me, a sharper focus.”
—Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking
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“Yes, everything was the room; you could not step outside of it, not even by dying.”—Miranda July, All Fours
#SundaySentence
He’s a clean hitter!
Me, too!
"What is a game?" Marx said. "It's tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. It's the possibility of infinite rebirth, infinite redemption. The idea that if you keep playing, you could win. No loss is permanent, because nothing is permanent, ever."
#SundaySentence (s)
Always love watching practice.
The finale Somebody Somewhere may be on tonight but I will never stop telling people to watch this amazing show. But you don’t have to just listen to me. Here’s @lyz.bsky.social to tell you about it www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Definitely interested. I recommend The Racket by Conor Niland.
“So radiant was he to Ivy, she was amazed that everyone he passed didn’t look at him, struck by his beauty.”
—Susan Minot, Don’t Be a Stranger
#SundaySentence
“I’m a writer; I tell stories. Of course, really, I want to save lives. Or simply: I want to save life.”
#SundaySentence (s)
—Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
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