Things

Spent last Thursday and Friday in Ohio with Larry Smith and Josh Maday. What a great time. I got caught up with Josh, and the both of us had an excellent time in the company of Larry. He showed us Oberlin and a few different places in Cleveland (including the house where they filmed A Christmas Story . . . Josh and I got our picture taken in front of it. True tourists.) I did a reading at Mac's Backs bookstore to promote Landscape with Fragmented Figures, and then we went out for a very filling Chinese meal.

This isn't the last you'll hear of it, but Josh and I are co-editing an anthology for Bottom Dog Press. Check out the call for submissions (and feel free to share the link): http://ontheclockanthology.blogspot.com/

I finished reading The Scribner's Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction . . . 648 pages of very good short stories. There's something for everyone. Honestly, I didn't care for every story in the book but, if you think about it, I probably shouldn't. If it's truly well put together, it's not going to please everyone.

Upcoming events: On Saturday, May 2, I'll be at the Adequate Symbol Writer's Conference:
http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20090419/NEWS06/904190371/1023

On Wednesday, May 6th, I'll be at Schuler Books in Okemos with Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of the new short story collection American Salvage. (Schuler Books is 1982 W. Grand River Ave, Okemos, MI 48864 (517) 349-7326