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May 25, 2010
The daily trivialities that make life matter
The venerable comic Andrew Orvedahl just called my attention to a review of Without a Soul to Move in the A.V. Club. It’s about as flattering a review as I could hope for. Give it a read. read more
May 20, 2010
Without a Soul to Move at the Gypsy House
Come down to hear me read from Without a Soul to Move next Thursday 27 May 2010, 7:48pm 1279 Marion Street,... read more
Apr 23, 2010
I got shit going on
Whatever readers I’ve got left in New Zealand will be able to read an essay of mine, “The Many Dead,” in forthcoming issue of Victoria University’s literary journal, Sport, which, number 38 should be showing up on bookshelves in the coming months, winter or summer 2010, depending on your perspective. And folks in the United States can see me in May doing a reading at the Gypsy... read more
Jan 25, 2010
Some books I read in 2009
I’ve been neglecting this website for months. I ought to have done updates from the road, writing about how smashingly my readings went, but I didn’t slow down much on the road. Now I suppose it’s about time to write about my favorite reads from 2009. As is my custom, I’m not bothering to write just about books published in 2009, but anything that came my way. I read less new fiction anyway,... read more
Aug 22, 2009
Literature on the Radio
Give a listen to the VBC this coming Wednesday, the 26th of August, at 8:30 AM New Zealandy time* to hear me wax poetic about writing and leaving. Tune in to 88.3 if you’re in the immediate vicinity of Victoria’s Kelburn campus, or else otherwise just go to the VBC’s beautiful website and listen in there. * If you’re in the States, you’ll want to listen in on Tuesday, the... read more
