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…
Posts tagged Mary Gaitskill
Suffering from The Hold Steady Effect
When I first discovered The Hold Steady it was love at first listen. They were like nothing I’d ever heard before. I fell hard and fast and there was no looking back. But, sadly, as…
Mary Gaitskill is off her game
What has always drawn me to the short stories of Mary Gaitskill is that she spends a lot of time writing about the struggle women have with their intelligence and their sexuality and how giving…
Top 10 of 2008, plus bonus worst 3
The Soul Thief by Charles Baxter: Despite the fact that Charles Baxter induces a plot amnesia that always makes me forget what his books are about within a week of reading them, I am always…
What are books you think every woman should read?
Jezebel has posted a list of 75 books every woman should read. It’s a list compiled by Jezebel editors and readers. It’s response to Esquire’s 75 books every man should read. I think Jezebel did…
Book Links: Choices, short stories, and politics, oh my!
Merlin Mann over at 43 Folders offers tips on how to choose what to read next. Brock Clarke lists some of his favorite books for The Week Daily. Clarke is the author of An Arsonist’s…
6 questions we always ask — Jodi Chromey
Jodi Chromey is, well, me. It’s weird to write a brief bio-blurb about yourself. But really, I just want to set the precedent. I decided I’d go first, as a way to show all you…