Just a quick note this morning. Many of you know that Joy Castro, author of THE TRUTH BOOK, HELL OR HIGH WATER, and ISLAND OF BONES, was a faculty member during my tenure at the Solstice MFA Creative Writing program.…
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…
Reviews are bustin' out all over
Meg Kearney’s new Young Adult book, The Girl in the Mirror: A Novel in Poems and Journal Entries has been reviewed in Publishers Weekly! See the wonderful review here. Meg is the director of the Solstice MFA Program in Creative…
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…
The Coolness of Joy Castro's Blog
If you’re interested in a blog that is literary, meaningful, warm, funny, and more, check out author Joy Castro’s blog. Many of you know that Joy was one of my teachers at Pine Manor College’s MFA…