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I wanted to share a podcast of me reading from my manuscript thesis (tentatively titled La Violencia) available at Hot Metal Bridge (the University of Pittsburgh's graduate literary journal). I apologize for the podcast editor's crummy job (she accidentally overlaid some ...Read More

Got my orders on Friday. Gave some blood, took a urine sample, let them put monitors on my heart and x-ray my chest for a while that afternoon. Filled out paperwork. Told them I was Catholic in case a priest ...Read More

At the reading I gave last Thursday, I read a short piece on how people on my mother's side of the family can't sing. My father on the other hand, had a wonderful singing voice, and my mom boasted of this ...Read More

The reading went well on Thursday. Six of my students showed up. Yesterday I walked in to class without a lesson plan. We just talked about the assignment and about what makes good writing. I had them come up with ...Read More

I am reading a the Fuel & Fuddle tonight. Selections from the manuscript in progress. If you're in Pittsburgh and you've got nothing to do in two hours, come on out. I'm reading with Sam MacDonald (who happens to ...Read More

I've been meeting all sorts of people these days. But, I'll explain. Last Saturday (October 27) I went to a Pitt in Hollywood event, where Greg Nictoero talked about creating monsters and severed heads and Fat Bastard for over 650 movies. ...Read More

Ed Mabrey was in Pittsburgh last night. I sent emails to most everyone I knew, begging them to tell people. I really wanted Ed to have a packed house. Nine of my students showed up. I offered extra credit. Before ...Read More