(American Luthier: Carleen Hutchins, the Art & Science of the Violin. Lebanon, NH: ForeEdge Press, 2016) In my first year of undergraduate work, I met a fellow arts student who was an extremely gifted sculptor and painter. As an unabashed … Continued
(Because You Asked: A Book of Answers on the Art & Craft of the Writing Life. Sandpoint, ID: Lost Horse Press, 2015) I have a deep appreciation for writers. Our lives and talents are wildly diverse; we are poets, novelists, essayists, … Continued
(Albany, NY: Excelsior Editions, 2015) A close friend of mine once compared reading good short stories to eating potato chips; you start with the best intention of eating a few delicious, salty, crunchy chips, and end up staring regretfully into … Continued
Translated by Yardenne Greenspan (New York, NY: New Vessel Press, 2015) Alexandrian Summer is a novel where the vibrancy of small sins and the relentless toll of everyday unhappiness surrounds and transforms the characters; where nobility fails to lift lives above … Continued
(Brooklyn, NY: Melville House, 2014) “I know that my name will resound in the ears of my loved ones as perfectly as a picture. And I also know that sometimes it will cease to Be a name And will be … Continued
(New York, NY: Bloomsbury, 2014) The town where I live sits on the flanks of the Colorado Mountains, at the collective mouth of several rocky canyons. Last fall, eight days of steady rain filled the narrow streams that thread those … Continued
Translation by Eric Abrahamsen. (San Francisco, CA: Two Lines Press, 2014) I was a taciturn and grubby child, a pint-sized pessimist that preferred the company of animals and solitude to that of my family and friends. If not on horseback, I ran everywhere … Continued
(New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014) If you had to sum up what he did to me, I’d say it was this. He made me sing along to all the bad songs on the radio. Both when he loved … Continued