>Once again, very late posting this, due to insane work schedules. Total traffic for the month was 86,341, which convinces me that, yes, I need to find time to pimp the site again. Samuel Lee… more →
SmokeLong Quarterlywrote 1 week ago: ♦ A fun “Big Books” Summer Reading List - http://tinyurl.com/lk962nf ♦ Zooey Deschanel r … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: book by Steve Almond annotation by Liz Prato As a species, we are squandering the exalted gifts of … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s long been argued that prostitution is the world’s oldest profession. Long before there were onl … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I’m a big fan of podcasts. I like to listen to them while I’m driving, at the gym, or ju … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Steve Almond is the author of ten books of fiction and nonfiction, including the most recent story c … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Often, in a gathering of writers (what IS the proper collective noun? A scrawl of writers? A clatter … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Author Blake Butler recently spread One Hundred Literary Rumors over on the Vice blog. Apparently, … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I was doing my daily inquiry into the search terms that lead people to my blog, and I saw six or so … more →
wrote 3 months ago: The Short goodbye (by Steve Almond, in “This won’t take but a minute, honey”) … more →
wrote 3 months ago: My friends returned from Boston last week, where the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AW … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Dear Writers: Alex from Village Books Many of us have enjoyed the hospitality of the great folks at … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Last Wednesday, Steve and I left cozy North Carolina for Boston. “What’s in Boston? … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Hello from the Dogpatch! Noticing a comment online about rereading and rewatching favorite stories, … more →
wrote 3 months ago: “We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all.” ― John … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Read his article here in The New Republic. … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Eastern Point Lit House & Press (my new literary project with partner Jenn Monroe) is co-hosting … more →
wrote 4 months ago: “Within the chaos of our shame and disappointment and rage there is meaning, and within that meaning … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Togethr, by Luke Hayfield Okay, I think that everyone understands where I’m going with this: … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Characters drive the plot of a novel, don’t they? Certainly it’s not the theme, unless y … more →