from a recent issue of The Bennington Review:

"Four Quartets," a wonderful, funny/sad story by Anya Ventura, a snapshot of a woman achingly bereft when a relationship ends.

Here's a remarkable novel by Yael van der Wouden. It's subtle, unsparing, patient, & compassionate--the story of a house, of the stories we tell & the stories we suppress. It's just wonderful.

What a fantastic sculpture. The dogs seem like the more feral cousins of the hounds in Paul Manship's depictions of Diana and Actaeon. (photo from Lee Boudreau on Flickr)

I just finished (& loved) Interior, Chinatown.

Now I'm reading (& loving) these nuanced, compassionate, inventive stories:

I wrote this . . .