For this third installment in the “Writers in the Trenches” series, I interviewed Massachusetts-based essayist Cindy Zelman, author of the CNF chapbook What’s in a Butch’s Purse? I met Cindy when she sat down across from me in one of…
Writing news and notes
It’s been hot, hot, hot in the Boston area this week, and thunderstorms are scheduled to roll through at any moment. I hope they will take some of the humidity with them when they go. In the meantime, I wanted…
Book News and Notes
Today is the long-awaited launch date of Hell or High Water, the new crime thriller by my former teacher (and good friend) Joy Castro. I’m waiting for UPS to deliver my copy; until then I’ve been enjoying the short fiction…
Knowing me and knowing you: where is the "I" in our writing (or our blogs)?
I had lunch with fellow writer Cindy Zelman today, and our conversation strayed to the reasons her blog appeals to me. I mentioned that her blog and the one written by our former teacher, Joy Castro, are the only two…