"A fast-paced, suspenseful dystopian picaresque, part Huck Finn and part bizarro-world Swiss Family Robinson..."
---Kirkus
Long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and finalist for the Crawford Award. Title short story listed for the 2000 O. Henry award.
“I’m just saying give me the weight. That’s all I’m saying. I’m here. Let me take it.” -Mitch, episode 10 One of the best shows I’ve ever seen, even though the last few truncated episodes (out of only ten) definitely have the echoes of the HBO executives screaming off screen: “Pencils DOWN! Pencils DOWN! Uh…You […]
Fri, June 5 2009 » Movies/TV, Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » No Comments
The weekend in Milwaukee and its general metropolitan environs was outstanding this weekend. Two street festivals! (Of very different, city mouse/country mouse characters.) A fun reading With People I Didn’t Know in attendance (always a good thing). Wonderful hosts (thank you, Mary and Bill). A visit to Woodland Pattern, where my jaw hit the floor. […]
Tue, September 18 2007 » Life Studies, Poetry, Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » 3 Comments
Lots of A&V material at the Lit Blog Co-Op from last week. Probably more than I blogged than any other time in my life! But it was a fun week there. Also, in Google Print, there is a cool map feature that shows the “pushpins” for places mentioned in a book. It was kind of […]
Mon, May 14 2007 » Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » 2 Comments
Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead week at the Lit-Blog Co-Op. (I nearly typed that “Coin-Op”.) Will be posting there this week, but the content is already starting to come in! There will be a podcast and other material later in the week, so check it out!
Tue, May 8 2007 » Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » No Comments
Whirlwind. Landing in some miserable rain in Boston, driving through that rain, nearly accidentally sideswiping someone! Which was unnerving. Walking through Northampton after said rain running into Holly and then Kelly quite accidentally. At first reading of the night, ran into Kelli from my MFA program, who I hadn’t seen in 10+ years. Experienced readings […]
Wed, May 2 2007 » Fiction, Poetry, Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » 1 Comment
Fri, April 27 2007 » Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » No Comments
First, a review of the book on the online edition of Rain Taxi. Check out the rest of the online issue-includes a fascinating review/pointer for Clark Coolige’s Bond Sonnets…espionage poetry from 1965! Second…Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead has been chosen as the Read This! pick for Spring 2007 by the Lit-Blog Co-Op. […]
Mon, April 16 2007 » Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » 1 Comment
Had a really fabulous time at the In Print festival at Ball State. The creative writing community there, teachers and students alike, was really hospitable, and there was a lot of fertile ground for thoughtful discussions. Flying there was pretty miserable (damn you, O’Hare); I only got into Muncie about a half hour before my […]
Mon, March 26 2007 » Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » 1 Comment
Two travels to speak of, so far this year. Really excited about the In Print festival at Ball State. March 21-22. You can get all of the info there, if you happen to be in MUNCIE or ENVIRONS. April 27th and 28th is the Juniper Literary Festival at the University of Massachusetts-2nd time in Amherst […]
Thu, March 8 2007 » Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » 4 Comments
It was a busy week, so I was remiss in posting this exciting news: Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead has been chosen as one of three nominees for the Spring “Read This!” pick at the LitBlog Co-op. The other two books on the list seem really intriguing, and I reeeeaaally want to […]
Tue, February 20 2007 » Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » 3 Comments
Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead was named a finalist for the Crawford Award, for best first fantasy book. The winner will be announced at ICFA in March. Check out the rest of the finalists; it really is a thrill and honor to be in such good company.
Fri, January 26 2007 » Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » 7 Comments
I’m giving readings that are coming up that I’m very excited about, since they’re in my old neck of the woods: Erie, PA Saturday, Dec. 30, 2 PM Erie Bookstore Cleveland Heights, OH Thursday, January 04, 2007 at 07:00 PM with Sean Thomas Dougherty and Chris Barzak Mac’s Backs Please drop by if you’re in […]
Tue, December 19 2006 » Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » 3 Comments
Wed, September 20 2006 » Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » No Comments
One of the stories in my collection, “The Fourth,” is appearing in the September issue of The Rake, a great, great Twin Cities (I guess you could call it) alt-monthly. It’s free and can be picked up at tons and tons of places in the Twin Cities. If you don’t live in Minnnesota, however, you […]
Tue, August 29 2006 » Fiction, Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » 1 Comment
I’ll be on the radio, KFAI, tomorrow around 11:30ish-noonish. That’s 90.3 Minneapolis and 106.7 St. Paul for those in town, OR you can listen online here. I’ll be reading an excerpt from one of my stories and talking about the book. Also, a friendly reminder-I’m reading at Dreamhaven at 6:30 on this upcoming Tuesday!
Wed, August 23 2006 » Minnesota, Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » No Comments
Two more reviews of the book are online: at Strange Horizons and Venus. It’s stopped heatwaving outside.
Wed, August 2 2006 » Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » 2 Comments
The reading at Magers and Quinn was a lot of fun. There were indeed prizes for everyone, and some beverages were consumed. Afterward, a group of us went to the Uptown to watch A Scanner Darkly. And I had read “The Fourth,” so it was a paranoiac double-header! And, btw, love that movie. It was […]
Wed, July 19 2006 » Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » No Comments
Just a friendly reminder: Book release party for Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead is tonight, 7pm, Magers and Quinn, 3038 Hennepin in Minneapolis. Prizes for everyone and a reception afterward. Hope you can make it!
Tue, July 18 2006 » Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » 2 Comments
John Scalzi, over at his AOL journal By the Way, has interviewed me. Good and thoughtful stuff all around. And, secondly, a review of the book from Time Out Chicago.
Thu, July 13 2006 » Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » No Comments
Started writing a longish con report. Saved about halfway through. Saved post nowhere to be found in my wordpress. noooooo! I was barely holding it together with the con report to begin with. So now I’ll have to regroup a bit. Suffice to say, it was a fantastic time, and I met, and re-met, some […]
Thu, July 13 2006 » Fiction, Life Studies, Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead » 1 Comment
