WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT

Announcing the winner of the 2008 Ronald Sukenick American Book Review Prize for Innovative Fiction hosted by FC2 (Fiction Collective Two):

Amelia Gray's Museum of the Weird

Judge Lidia Yuknavitch chose Museum of the Weird out of 175 entries. Along with winning the prize money, Amelia's book is slated for a Spring/Summer 2010 release.
A piercing collection, as poetic as it is poignant, Museum of the Weird will be available for teaching in the Fall 2010 semester.

Congratulations Amelia!!

Okay, y'all: I know I sent several of you a suggestive text message about checking the blog tomorrow, but fuck it--I couldn't wait to post this. Do you know how hard it was to glad-hand at the reading and clap and smile at the base ball game?

Congrats again, Amelia! I love it when a bobcat roars!

For your summer reading pleasure

Dennis has been up to no good! Stick em up.

House

We got the house! The family is, indeed, moving back to Jamaica.

We don't close until the end of June. Hopefully I'll have pictures to post soon.
It's well after noon. I just saw a loon.

Eve Sedgwick died.

Jamaica Baby!

Yay! The family has to move back to Jamaica. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Alice Munro

Last week I was on a panel.

Lamp

Now I'm making a shade for a vertical floor lamp out of this vintage beachy-looking floral material I found in a tub of sewing accoutrements given to me by my grandmother. It's not going as well as I expected.

Odd Titles

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/books/28contest.html?_r=2

This is an article I read today. If I had something more interesting I'd post it.
Hope everyone's well!

Where in the World?

I love this guy. Today, I'm seeing myself anywhere I don't know the language. I want to be a stranger. South America. Chile or Argentina. What about you?