Acceptance: Graduation Imminent
Today I received my most meaningful acceptance letter yet, an email from Doug Rice concerning my novel project. JenI have finished reading your project. All looks good. I think you did a much better job with [the narrator] in the creation myth and of the movement through the city as well as getting her on … Read more
Acceptance: Walang Hiya – Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice
I’m happy to share the news that my short story, “Unripe Bananas” has been accepted for publication in “Walang Hiya…Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice.” “Walang Hiya” means “Without Shame” or “Shameless” in Tagalog. Here’s an excerpt from its Call for Submissions: Walang Hiya … literature taking risks toward liberatory practice is a literary anthology…will … Read more
Winter Break Correspondence: Acceptance, Rejection & Overdue Books
So, I’ve been–under the weather lately, and haven’t been up to posting more than the occasional call for submissions. A lot has happened over winter break–good, bad and ghastly. Here’s a brief update. Just in time for Christmas, I received an email from Trina Drotar, co-editor of CSUS’s literary journal, Calaveras Station, to congratulate me … Read more
CSU Summer Arts Part III: Finding Writers Who Breathe Like Me
This summer, I spent two weeks at California State University Fresno, attending CSU Summer Arts, an annual artists’ conference. I took a course called “Writing the Memoir” with CSU Sacramento professor Doug Rice. Guest artists included memoir writers Steven Church, poet Carole Maso and National Book Award Winner, William T. Vollmann. Although I was in … Read more
Letters to Martha – A Writer’s Correspondence
Yesterday I sent off a letter via snail mail to Martha. I dropped the letter into the mail slot, peeked into its shadowy confines with hope and great expectation. Will she right me back? I met Martha at Summer Arts this July at Fresno. We were both in Writing the Memoir. In her writing and … Read more
