contribution to the “When We Fell In Love” series now at Three Guys, One Book and The Writer’s CenterIt is not always easy to make the time required to cultivate and nurture the words, to let them grow into something, if not always beautiful, at least interesting. ~ N
a twisted tale about a woman and her cat, a man with a fish, two dogs and love within an unstable mind in BlazeVOX 2KX, Post-Avant Poetries and Fictions
BlazeVOX…presents innovative fictions and wide-ranging fields of contemporary poetry. ~ Geoffrey Gatza, editor
out in Silent Embrace: Perspectives on Birth and Adoption, edited by Ann and Amanda Angel from Catalyst Book Press
After you read these unsentimental…stories, you’ll understand adoption in an entirely different way. ~ Marilyn Boeldt, Director of Development & Communications, Wisconsin Adoption Resources
Birth mothers are often the forgotten or ignored part of the adoption triad. This collection of literary essays seeks to correct the imbalance. ~ Silent Embrace, back cover
“Birth Mothers, Adoption, and Art: An Interview with Ann and Amanda Angel” at The Fertile Source
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View from a ’77 Chevy Scottsdale
read it in Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer, W. W. Norton & Company –or– go to Google Books and scroll through the Hint Fiction contents pages to find “View from a ’77 Chevy Scottsdale,” page 156
NPR’s Weekly “Outstanding Softcover Releases”
appears with pieces by Joyce Carol Oates, Ha Jin, Peter Straub and James Frey in Robert Swartwood‘s brainchild, Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer from W. W. Norton & Company
[Natalie] makes the most of the limited resources allowed by making the title…a functioning part of her story. I won’t give anything else away…You have to see it for yourself…Like the best of the hint fictions, it makes you wish you could read beyond its single page. ~ Dennis Haritou of Three Guys, One Book on “View from a ’77 Chevy Scottsdale”
clip on the book and this short fiction form at MSNBC.com
hits the Amazon top 100
We’ve relished the chance to partner…in bringing you these ten stories… ~ Scott Garson, editor
order Etchings 7, Chameleons from Ilura Press
Alongside the Nobel Prize winner [J. M. Coetzee]…are a couple of writers whose creative work is being published for the first time, and several whose work has appeared mainly in obscure publications. There is proof here that strong pieces can come from established and emerging writers. ~ Lorien Kaye, ”Change You Can Believe In” in The Age, A2: Culture and Life on August 29, 2009
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video interviews and article at The Daily online
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