Ill Will by Dan Chaon Insomnia isn’t my thing, but on the one night I woke during the witching hour and couldn’t fall back asleep, I magically had this weirdo mess of creepiness to keep…
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Stay Awake (don’t go to sleep)
The characters in Dan Chaon’s short story collection Stay Awake are quiet. They have experienced loss: a person, themselves, or a ring finger that popped off after a nasty spill from a ladder. Maybe they…
It’s nice not to read the same story over & over again
Hours after finishing “Gravity” one of the stories in John Jodzio’s debut story collection If You Lived Here You’d Be Home Already, I met with my writing group. As we talked about what we were…
6 questions we always ask: John Jodzio, author
Sometimes I am lazy and copy an author’s bio right from their about page: “John Jodzio is a winner of the Loft-McKnight Fellowship. His stories have appeared in One Story, Opium, The Florida Review and…
The Best Books Amy Read in 2009
My list is not that original, you may find many of these books on other best of lists for 2009, but hopefully that’s because they are good books. I’m behind the times with two of…
Jodi’s Favorite Books of 2009
I feel bad making this list on December 27th when I’m in the midst of two books that are really quite good (A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein and What the World Will…
‘Await Your Reply’ I don’t know how to quit you
I finished reading Dan Chaon’s Await Your Reply two weeks ago, and it wrecked me. I haven’t been able to read more than ten pages in any book since, which kind of makes sense considering…
Four upcoming releases that make a booknerd’s heart race
When you live in Minnesota, you don’t like to wish the summer away. We all know that soon enough it’ll be so cold your eyes weep the minute you step outside. That being said, I…