In his book Palm Sunday, Kurt Vonnegut once gave out letter grades to his own works. He handed out some Bs, Cs and Ds, but he also gav...

"During my trip to Ilium and to points beyond—a two-week expedition bridging Christmas—I let a poor poet named Sherman Krebbs have...

Glad you asked: Everything about that behemoth was an anachronism—hand choke, starter button on the floor, a switch instead of a key, ...

Life’s been so busy since my July vacation that I’ve basically stopped checking in on most of the literary blogs I follow- so my apologies...

Like Wallace Thurman and Neal Cassady, I was born in Salt Lake City. I went to the same high school as another Wallace, Wallace Stegner.  ...

We all know the first line of Moby Dick  by heart. Melville’s “Call me Ishmael” Is probably the most recognizable first line in al...

INTERVIEWER:   You were an infantry battalion scout in the war? VONNEGUT:   Yes, but I took my basic training on the 240-millimeter ho...

After making you wade through ten paragraphs of personal history yesterday, it feels like a good time for another author look-alike post. O...

Welcome to Short Story Club. Come on in and pull up a chair. There’s a cheese board on the piano, and there should be a tray of Little ...

We’re still experimenting with various approaches to our monthly Short Story Club. This month we’ll try to shorten the timeline just ...

Let's face it. Our suggested reading list from yesterday came a little too late to do you any good this weekend. More likely than not it...