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What I'm Reading
Etgar Keret: Suddenly, a Knock on the Door: Stories
Crazy stories delight me and his never disappoint.Graham Swift: Wish You Were Here
Because it is Graham Swift. And because I truly fell in love with books around the time I discovered his work.
LA Readings of Note
- 05-31: Richard Ford
- 06-03: Nell Freudenberger
- 06-05: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- 06-11: Elizabeth Crane
- 06-11: Elizabeth Crane
- 06-21: Alix Ohlin
- 06-27: Wayne Koestenbaum & Jim Krusoe
- 06-28: Dana Spiotta & Janet Fitch
- 07-11: Literary Death Match
- 07-16: Joshua Henkin
- 07-17: Chuck Palahniuk
- 07-18: Jess Walter
- 07-18: PEN Center USA, Emerging Voices
- 07-25: Charles Yu
- 09-11: Jonathan Evison
- 09-12: Emma Straub
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Short Story Month 2011
Short Story Month (Long Ago)
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Less Spasmodic Poetry Appreciation Week
- Finally, at the Heart of It All - Does Poetry Matter?
- Allen Ginsberg's Song
- Adrienne Crew's Morning Poetry Ritual
- Billy Collins - Introduction to Poetry
- Matthew Tiffany's Poetry for Dummies - With a Powerful Twist
- A Different Kind of Poetry
- Escapegrace Finds A Way Back In...To Poetry
- Ai's Salome
- Lauren Cerand's Cosmic Poetry Connection
- Down & Dirty Poetry Appreciation (Or, please let's not get precious)
Special Topics Roundtable
Books Read in 2012
Books Read in 2011
Bill Walsh: The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
Alice Feiring: Naked Wine: Letting Grapes Do What Comes Naturally
Haruki Murakami: South of the Border, West of the Sun: A Novel
Haruki Murakami: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (Vintage International)
David L. Ulin: The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time
Haruki Murakami: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Vintage International)
