Daily Journal Prompt #74

March 21, 2012: Before the end… Columbia College Chicago Fiction Writing Department’s Story Week Festival of Writers: Surviving the American Dream continues with Dagoberto Gilb and Achy Obejas for a Conversation on Latino literarture at the Art Center in Chicago’s Logan Square. -PMc

Women and Children First, Chicago ~ Great Books, Great Places

I am trying to remember the first time I went to a reading at Women and Children First Bookstore, and who it was… A. Manette Ansay, maybe? Julia Alvarez? Carol Anshaw? Achy Obejas? It was well more than a dozen years ago. I do remember that the first book I ever bought there was Mary […]

On Electronic Publication ~ Achy Obejas and Linda Bubon

When I tell my friends and family (and anyone else willing to listen) that my short story collection will be released in September, without fail at least two out of five folks say: “Cool. Can I get it on Kindle?” Frankly, I don’t know. My publisher and I have talked about our electronic strategy, but […]