Category: Conversations

Titillating ~ Remembering Edward Gorey with Todd Summar and Kenneth Gerleve

  “To take my work seriously would be the height of folly,” Edward Gorey once said. And yet, we do take it seriously. Gorey’s drawings and writing—sometimes creepy, sometimes silly, sometimes moving, and always skillful and clever—have inspired and delighted readers, writers, and artists for generations. Among these Gorey aficionados are Chicago writer Todd Summar […]

The Writer’s Handful with Eric Charles May

Mondays + Writers = Finally something to look forward to. Happy Monday and Writer’s Handful, all! I don’t know when I have been happier to bring a debut novelist to your attention. Many of you already know ERIC CHARLES MAY and his kickass new novel, BEDROCK FAITH (Akashic Books.) And if you do, you know, too, […]

The Writer’s Handful with Jeff Jacobson

Mondays + Writers = Finally something to look forward to. Jeff Jacobson will make your skin crawl. Really. Well, not Jeff, exactly—because he is one of the nicest guys you’ll ever want to know—Jeffory Jacobson’s writing will make your skin crawl. His work lives in the creepy shadows, he digs into the muddy plots of […]

The Writer’s Handful with Tom Williams

Mondays + Writers = Finally something to look forward to. “Part elegy, part master-student story, part road-trip Americana, Williams riffs on the dichotomy between appearance and reality.” That’s how Kirkus Reviews talks about Tom Williams new comedic novel, Don’t Start Me Talking. The story of Brother Ben, the “only remaining True Delta Bluesman” (Ted Dawson, and anyone […]

The Writer’s Handful with John Mauk

Mondays + Writers = Finally something to look forward to. I am so excited to bring this chat with John Mauk to you today. John is one of those remarkable fiction writers, the kind whose work makes your mind spin and dance, makes you ache and rejoice. But don’t take my word for it, preorder […]

The Writer’s Handful with Ben Tanzer

Mondays + Writers = Finally something to look forward to. This week marks the launch of Chicago writer Ben Tanzer’s 1,000th book. Okay, not really 1,000th, but this guy is giving Joyce Carol Oates a run for the money in words written and books published. Tanzer fans have waited patiently for Orphans, and now the […]

The Writer’s Handful with Fleda Brown

Mondays + Writers = Finally something to look forward to. I am so excited to have Fleda Brown contribute to this week’s Writer’s Handful. Fleda is a fabulous poet and nonfiction writer, and her latest (her eighth!) collection of poems, No Need of Sympathy was just released by BOA Editions. If you don’t already know […]

The Writer’s Handful with Ryan W. Bradley

Mondays + Writers = Finally something to look forward to. Today’s featured writer is a poet who takes on the good stuff: “love, lust, and the sea,” Ryan W. Bradley tells us in the introduction to his brand new collection, THE WAITING TIDE. Mikaela Jorgensen, in her review for Gapers Block, says: “The poems are affectionate and […]

The Writer’s Handful with Daniel Nathan Terry

Mondays + Writers = Finally something to look forward to. Today I am so excited to share with you a brief conversation with Daniel Nathan Terry. Many of you already know the work of this fine poet (and fiction writer—Dude! Welcome to our playground!) I was lucky to be on the program with Daniel at […]