Jan 20, 2019 | Posts, Writing
A Secret Chapter Preview for readers of The Real World of Jasper Hunter || READ more about the forthconming novel The Real World of Jasper Hunter >> Sunlight seeps out of the edge of the dark sky and leaks across the Black Rock Desert. Everywhere the light...
Nov 1, 2018 | Current, Reviews, Writing
Tana French is one of the most talented writers I’ve ever read in the mystery and detective genre. In this most recent book, she really surpasses the genre entirely, and breaks new ground with a lyrical, heartbreaking and soul-bending literary novel that focuses...
Aug 6, 2018 | Current, Posts, Writing
“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety....
Jun 15, 2018 | Current, Poetry, Posts, Writing
I want you to know one thing. You know how this is: if I look at the crystal moon, at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window, if I touch near the fire the impalpable ash or the wrinkled body of the log, everything carries me to you, as if everything that...
Jun 9, 2018 | Current, Posts, Writing
I read something today that really surprised me. The brilliant Kris Rusch wrote that some writers cannot write on planes. This surprised me, because I’ve never been one of those writers who just writes in a certain location or a certain environment. Sure,...
Jun 6, 2018 | Current, Poetry, Writing
Bumblebees Are Made of Ash Martha Silano (@marthasilano in Thrush Literary Journal) The day is a dragonfly hovering in the Timothy. It could rain for months before the sun goes down. An orange buoy bobs while a sparrow sings through a wall. The world smells of cedar,...
