Knockemstiff
Though she’s rotten to the core, I reckon I’ve always loved Tina Elliot, from the first time I laid eyes on her. She came in the store with her… More
Life
Randy had run out of cigarettes again, and it was killing him. Not a goddamn one of them was working anymore; and the mother had died in the spring… More
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Great event tonight with @_joseolivarez @IsaacFitzgerald and @PENamerica for PROMISES OF GOLD. Dynamite young poets kicked off the night. We had an audience full of the kindest people. So good! Poetry! Hooray!
Spoke to @jeremycyoung of @PENamerica about Florida’s higher ed restrictions & why they are “straight out of the global authoritarian playbook”
https://www.codastory.com/rewriting-history/floridas-university-restrictions/
Join us and actor, author, and former Obama White House aide Kal Penn at the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony on March 2. https://pen.org/event/2023-pen-america-literary-awards/