With the podcast going like gangbusters, I’ve had to up my reading game to keep up the interviews. I’m also in three bookclubs and sometimes I just like to read stuff for my own edification or just for fun. So here’s the reading from March with some...
When I was single-mom commuting 80 miles a day roundtrip to grad school for a full day—TA in morning comp classes and my writing workshops at night—I spent a lot of time in a little coffeeshop down from the library. The name I can’t recall but I’m certain it was of...
The previous books had muses: Leonard, Nick, and Billy. This book had more of a feel and the feel was primarily women’s voices. I had the notion of the title but not from the Cure original but from a haunting cover of “Just Like Heaven” by the Watson...
Character Interview with Jolene Wiley, Voices of the Dead What I imagine Jo and I would have if we sat down for a chat at her place. I signed up for the Writer Nation spring challenge, which has been both fun and productive so far. Today’s task is a character...
Who by Water was Leonard Cohen, Our Lady of the Various Sorrows was Nick Cave, and Like a Pale Moon has been Billy Bragg, especially the song “Tank Park Salute.” Writing this one took it out of me. I didn’t lose my father when I was a kid but I was...
