looks fake today, like you could turn it off with a switch if only you could find it, but you can’t. You can’t find it. Got a story published here at burnt bridges press. I was really excited and told everybody, but now I’m embarrassed. I’m embarrassed that I’m excited. Still, look. School started this [...]
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Apologies.
May 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Molly says, it’s been well over a month. Where are the angry letters? Why is no one storming my castle? Oh well. Yeah, what can I say, you get busy. Except I’m not at all busy. What can I say, you get lazy. School is over and it’s “summer” in Missoula, Montana. (It’s cold is [...]
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The Joy of Williams.
April 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
I didn’t read a lot of female writers before I came to Montana. I think it’s because I believed that women didn’t know how to do much besides cry and make babies. I would like to soften my position. Mary Gaitskill, Mary Robison, and Joy Williams are three writers I have come to appreciate. Besides [...]
Hemingway hates women. I think they’re okay…
March 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Am I on a roll, or what? That’s not a real question. This week we discussed Hemingway and this is my Hemingway impersonation. I was trying to convey his conflicted feelings about women and sex, but even with these mock-ups I feel you can’t help but essentially remain yourself. Hemingway writes from a personal place, [...]
Just more words.
March 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Note: This is a knockoff, homage, imitation of The Isaac Babel story, First Love. It’s from a class I take in college where we read hotshot writers, talk about them, and try to write like them. Isaac Babel kind of had it rough. Comparatively I can’t really say the same. If I had to choose [...]
There’s really only one thing to talk about.
November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Things MFA graduate students are good at: Writing perfectly crafted text messages to one another, a symphony of mystery, intrigue, flirtation mixed with aloof detachment dosed out in perfect proportion to the situation. We are all lyrical wizards, and it’s frightening sometimes, they way we misuse our power. What I’m trying to say is that [...]
Down from the Heavens
August 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
So I’ve been building this site forever, faced with many obstacles, challenged mostly by limitations of self. Without further adieu, it’s time to post something already. My friends and I in Detroit started a little club called “The Synagogue writers.” (We are mostly Gentiles but the Jews are a generous people and allowed us [...]
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