New Interview, New Review, New New New March 16, 2010

Hello. There is much to link to today.
First, I am happy to report that an interview I conducted with novelist Sam Lipsyte is up and ready for reading over at the Quarterly Conversation. This interview is another particle in the overwhelming wave of positive press surrounding his latest novel, The Ask, which, as I’ve [...]

Winter Review Goodness December 10, 2009

Hello.
Christmas has officially come early, as the winter issue of the Quarterly Conversation is now up and so excited and running down the stairs in its pajama-clad feet.
In addition to my review of Sam Lipsyte’s latest novel The Ask, the issue is a stuffed-stocking of reviews and essays. It includes essays on Pynchon’s [...]

The Ask by Sam Lipsyte December 1, 2009

Hello, hello, hello.
I am pleased to report that my review of Sam Lipsyte’s newest novel The Ask is now online at the Quarterly Conversation.
Please link right on over there and read it. However, if you are pressed for time now that we are in this Holiday Season, I offer you the abbreviated version [...]

New Quarterly Conversation Is Out and About September 9, 2009

Hello. In yet more happy online news, the latest issue of the Quarterly Conversation is out. The issue is bursting at the cyber-seams, containing reviews of the latest from Ishiguro, Vollman, Pynchon, and Hemon, as well as several essays on literature in translation, which has become a specialty of QC.
The issue also includes reviews [...]

A Book Review in Spring 2009 Quarterly Conversation May 25, 2009

A review of Elizabeth Crane’s third short story collection You Must Be This Happy to Enter, which appeared in the Spring 2009 issue of the Quarterly Conversation.