International Poets, Part 1: Adélia Prado
Adélia Prado: The Alphabet in the Park and Ex-Voto: Poems of Adélia Prado (Tupelo, 2013). This is where I say, indignantly, that the lack of awareness of Adélia Prado’s work by American poets and...
View ArticleLiterary Link-Up
As I’m recovering from minor surgery, I’ve been reading a lot and writing a little. I’ve gone back and re-read some of the sermons in Debbie Blue’s first book, Sensual Orthodoxy (2003), as I had just...
View ArticlePoetry Reading: Wheaton College – Thursday, Feb 20 @ 3:30 PM
Hey, Chicago-area folks! I’ll be reading at Wheaton this Thursday @ 3:30 PM. Sure would love it if you could make it, and/or pass the word. Thanks!
View ArticleA Thrilling Thrift Store Haul
I just finished Kyle Minor’s first collection, In the Devil’s Territory, which I liked very much, and which, as of this writing, is still just $1.99 for Kindle (go get it). And I read a Middle Grade...
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Looking for Alaska at the Library Book Sale
I had a great conversation at lunch today revolving around The Hunger Games trilogy, which I just finished reading. Our talk then drifted to YA books in general. A dreaded question came up: “Have you...
View ArticleSigns of Hope – Literary Edition
Two recent signs of hope today in creative literary endeavors: Looking for some short fiction with that burrito? Vanity Fair reports that Chipotle cups will now feature original stories by Jonathan...
View ArticleScenes from the Journey: Arts and Culture
Teaching The football player who sits in the back corner of Expository Writing and doesn’t say much, then turns in a rather stunning personal narrative about what he learned from a child in Haiti who...
View ArticleWriters Retreat: Lake Michigan
I spent the weekend on Lake Michigan with some of my best writing friends. We talked a lot, laughed a lot, worked, sang songs well into the night, even gave a sparsely attended but enjoyable reading at...
View ArticleInterview at Columbia College Chicago Lab Review Blog
Talking art and faith and publishing over at Columbia College Chicago’s Lab Review blog.
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Notes from the Spectrum Series at Ruminate
Since I began writing about autism, I’ve received a lot of support from friends, acquaintances, and perfect strangers. I’m very grateful to Ruminate Magazine for providing a forum for my series Notes...
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