New essay in Sweet magazine. |
Behold an essay about the good old days, when porn wasn't everywhere and all-American boys had to work to see skin.http://www.sweetlit.com/essay_hard_love_nasty_mag.html
Posted by on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:29:00 GMT |
Essay shortlisted in The Best American Essays 2008 |
I thrilled to report that my piece "Tricoter," which was originally published in the journal Ninth Letter, has been named a notable essay in The Best American Essays 2008.
Posted by on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:38:00 GMT |
New Essay in Barrelhouse Magazine |
The super-hip folks at Barrelhouse have published another of my essays, "Barreling into Uncool" (a few issues ago they ran "This Essay Doesn't Rock").
This new piece is...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:37:00 GMT |
Pieces in Esquire and Sports Illustrated |
This month on magazine stands I can be found weighing in on football and fashion. And eye patches. And gay pirates.
On page 46 of the new Esquire (the one with Michigan pretty boy Tom B...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:36:00 GMT |
A Scene From The Watershed Book |
"The Engagement Party"
My band left D.C. with the wipers on high and the gas gauge on E. Crossing the Key Bridge, our '82 Chevy van made the same death rattle it had been barking for two days: Clack-c...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:09:00 GMT |
Writing About Drinking... |
...is good work if you can get it.
Esquire is back with another round of The Best Bars in America. For the '08 list, I've written about the Deep Eddy Cabaret, a swell little joint in Austin. I al...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 07:58:00 GMT |
What’s round on the ends and high in the middle? |
My bandmates in Watershed and I are Ohio boys to the marrow. So we're thrilled that our song, "The Best Is Yet To Come" is featured in the new Ohio Travel and Tourism ad campaign.
You can check ...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 09:50:00 GMT |
New Essay, New Journal, New Digs |
I'm happy to say that this summer I'll be moving to the great state of South Carolina, where I'll be teaching creative writing at Coastal Carolina University.
And just yesterday my soon-to-be colleag...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:14:00 GMT |
HiFi Handgrenades against The Boss against Me |
So on Sunday I drive up to Vancouver to see my friend John Speck’s (ex-The Fags, ex-Hoarse, ex-Skeemin’ Nogoods) band, HiFi Hangrenades, open for Against Me and the Foo Fighters....
Posted by on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:41:00 GMT |
New Essay from the North |
Northern Michigan University’s excellent literary journal, Passages North, has just published "In Any August," a lyric essay of mine that takes place on three days in August, over a span of...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:31:00 GMT |
