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Samantha Marlowe pulls back the curtain on editing a literary magazine in this podcast. She’s executive editor of Swink, which in its second print issue features Neil LaBute, Dylan Landis,…

If you don’t listen to the radio show Marketplace on NPR you missed Pinky guest Steve Almond contrbuting his part to a story about consolidation in the chocolate industry. It’s…

Yours is not a question but a subtle reading and analysis of my novel. I cannot but agree. Umberto Eco to Michael Silverblatt, August 25, 2005

For about half a second I actually worried about what to wear. If I’d be the only one taking notes on paper. What I’d say if I got called on….

Amazon.com has launched a new section selling short stories (essays and nonfiction, too) for 49 cents each. John Scalzi takes a look from both the reader’s side (thumbs up) and…

In September, a month-long auction launches on ebay where anybody, yes anybody, can enter literary history. If you’re the high bidder: Stephen King‘s zombies will rip you limb from limb,…

The cover review, entitled Hero and Heroin, was not, as LA-centric me thought, about Jerry Stahl’s I Fatty. In fact, it’s a balanced review of Brett Easton Ellis’ Lunar Park….

If you’re anywhere near Pasadena on Thursday night, head into Vroman’s and climb the stairs for the Eastside Women Writer’s Panel (punctuation from Vroman’s — at least it’s not a…

Hear Daniel explain how to pronounce his last name in the Daniel Olivas podcast [for my Odeo Channel (odeo/67a743d5015a724c)]. The author of the short story collection Devil Talk, Daniel talks…

Professor Barnhardt’s Journal, in its current issue, asks a handful of writers to list what’s most important to them. PP alumni Ned Vizzini and Tod Goldberg are in the roster….