Bethany College & Knockemstiff

I will be reading at Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia, on Thursday, November 12th at 7:00 pm. Hope to see some of you there!

Devil's Kitchen Fall Literary Festival 2009

Hi, Everyone,

I'll be reading with David Kirby at the 2009 Devil's Kitchen Literary Festival at Southern Illinois University Carbondale on Friday, October 30, at 5 pm in the Student Center Auditorium. Other writers at the festival (which starts Thursday night, runs all day Friday, and winds up Saturday afternoon) include Jane Alison, Fred Leebron, William Notter, and Eugene Gloria. Hope to see some of you there.

Reading At The Journal Benefit Party At Rumba Cafe

Please come out and suport The Journal, Ohio's premier literary magazine at the Rumba Cafe in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, October 10th, 8:00 p.m. Readings by Maggie Smith and myself, live music, booze, I reckon, that sort of thing. This benefit is to raise money to help keep The Journal alive and well. The address of the Rumba Cafe is 2507 Summit Street. The Journal was the first magazine to accept of of my stories, so you know those people have nerve!

Reading Knockemstiff At Shawnee State University

Hi, Everyone,

I will be reading at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. The event will take place in the Flohr Lecture Hall at the Clark Memorial Library. Hope to see some of you there!

Purdue University & Knockemstiff on September 10, 2009

I will be reading at Purdue University on September 10 in Hicks Bookstall (Room B848) at 7:30 PM. That's a Thursday. Hope to see some of you there!

Devil's Kitchen Award in Prose 2009 & Knockemstiff

I was recently informed that Knockemstiff has won the Devil's Kitchen Award in Prose for 2009, sponsored by Grassroots, the literary magazine of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Thanks, guys! I really, really appreciate it. See you at the festival.

Knockemstiff Wins 2009 PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship

PEN announced yesterday that I'd won the Robert Bingham Fellowship. You can check at all the 2009 PEN award results at http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3504/prmID/1351. I want to thank everyone again and again for their support!