Novelist
August 24th, 2010 @ 15:24
New Story: The Longest Destroyed Poem
Governor General Award winning author and coincidentally friend of mine, Douglas Glover, of Elle fame, among other wonderful books, asked me for a story for his site, Numéro Cinq. I obliged with this story about an eco-vehicle crash, poetry, sex, and stale love called The Longest Destroyed Poem. Here is the video trailer:
August 19th, 2010 @ 11:07
Significant Objects will be a book!
The wonderful literary magazine SignificantObjects.com published my Laikas story earlier this year. I knew shortly after that Fantagraphics would be publishing a book of 100 Significant Objects stories and recently found out that they wanted to include my story.
The webmagazine adds value to objects by having writers pen them into stories. It is an experiment in story and its worth run by Rob Walker and Josh Glenn. Here is Rob Walker speaking about SignificantObjects.com:
The story and the object were auctioned on eBay and the proceeds given to a great charity. I was worried that the buyer had actually wanted the defaced ashtray for US$30 but she wrote me a kind letter which reassured me!
I do not know the exact writer roster for the book but I expect to be in good company. The site has featured stories by Lydia Millet, Jonathan Lethem, Chris Adrian, Sheila Heti and many more shining stars. Oh, and the book will be illustrated by, I am assuming, some of Fantagraphics impressive artist list. Among others, Fantagraphics has published Joe Sacco, R. Crumb, and Chip Kidd. I expect it will be a beautiful book. Expect to see it in 2011!
April 26th, 2010 @ 13:38
Greek Ashtray Story
The brilliant charity venture called Significant Objects included my story about their found, cheaply purchased object today. I love the concept of this website and I am really pleased to have been included. Check out my object, a Greek ashtray, and my accompanying story and bid on it. The winner gets the ashtray artifact and the story; the proceeds go to the charity Girls Write Now.
April 1st, 2010 @ 13:29
Writer’s Talk: Jonathan Lethem audio interview
I teach an online course called Writer’s Talk: Writing through Reading with The New York Times, a collaborative effort between the NYTimes and The University of Toronto. Each session welcomes writers in to speak about craft. The first term featured, among others, Jonathan Lethem, and since Jonathan was unable to meet my dates online, he offered to interview in person in Brooklyn. So down I went to speak to him about his fabulous book, Motherless Brooklyn. I love this interview. Jonathan Lethem is charming and open. I have just received his permission to post it to my website. It’s about an hour, so I have broken it into three pieces. Take it for a walk on your iPod. Enjoy!
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3: