Steve Almond Tackles Toto
During the 10th Anniversary celebration, Steve Almond revealed the utter inanity of the song “Africa,” by the band Toto. The take down turned poignant, though, in the end, but had us all in stitches.
Beware: this song will be stuck in your head for the rest of the afternoon!
And be sure to check out Steve’s story [...]
Congrats to Jim Krusoe! And Persistence!
Jim Krusoe–our dear, dear friend and idol–has been shortlisted for the St. Francis College Literary Prize, an award for a fourth work of fiction.
The prize carries a $50,000 purse and the honor of being nominated alongside Aleksandar Hemon (who kindly endorsed Rasskazy, our forthcoming anthology of Russian Short Stories), Chris Abani (who was recently featured [...]
Tin House Workshop 2009
Bear witness as we jactitate: The 7th Annual Tin House Summer Writers Workshop was an overwhelming success! Led by another stellar faculty, including Dorothy Allison, Jim Shepard, Aimee Bender, Anthony Doerr, Walter Kirn among many others, participants were treated to an intensely fruitful workshop experience, not to mention fascinating seminars and panels on beginnings, endings, [...]
