Review: Guessing Games.

I tend to put Karen Russell into the same group as Aimee Bender or Kelly Link, women who casually blend emotional reality with the fantastical, whose work I will pick up on sight. So I was excited, when I heard that Vampires in the Lemon Grove was coming out. Somehow, I’d narrowly avoided the hype,… Read More

Classic Outline of Human Body, Dog, Hello Kitty, Zombie

We went to a gun range last night, out in PoCo. It was strange. I haven’t been to PoCo since I was a kid, having dinner with the Mennonite portion of my extended family and failing to understand what “saying grace” was all about. We drove for an hour out of Vancouver, the idea of… Read More

Ten Interview Questions for the Next Big Thing

I was tagged by both Alex Leslie and Sigal Samuel to participate in this little writing-project questionnaire going around. Both of them are accomplished writers–Alex’s book of short stories was released recently by Freehand, and Sigal is currently writing and editing for The Daily Beast. Here’s what I have to say: What is the working… Read More