Entasis Literary Quarterly
http://www.entasisjournal.com/I'm pretty excited to be working with some talented writers on a new literary journal. It's something I've never done before but maybe it's time to join the dark side and...
View ArticleThe Harbor Freeway, Wedneday 10:15 P.M.
A sign flashes: Accident, Left Lane, Carson Street ExitTraffic slows, shifting right.A car speeds through the left lane, turning right just before the blinking arrow.A flotilla of squad cars gleam...
View ArticleBoxing Vs. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
I've been doing a fair amount of Brazilian jiu-jitsu over the last eighteen months and I enjoy it. A lot. I like the fact that you can 'lose,' that is, get submitted, and start right over again. In...
View ArticleGolden Eagles at Turtle Rock
I’ve been doing seven-mile runs about five days a week. I need the runs: not only do they keep me lean, they calm the devils and the devils have been pestering me. Most of the time I go up the hill at...
View ArticleEntasis Blog
Entasis Journal has a blog and my latest post takes on what goes into writing well. Of course knowing what makes good writing - or thinking that you know - is a lot different from doing it.
View ArticleBadlands (Call for Submissions)
Badlands“Makhóšiča”, (literally ‘bad land’) to the Lakota Sioux, “les mauvaises terres à traverser” (‘the bad lands to cross’) to the French trappers who came for Lakota furs. The Spanish called it...
View ArticleA Great Art Project
One of my fellow editors at Entasis is doing a fascinating art project in LA based on collaborations between poets and visual artists. Check it out.
View ArticleFormal Feeling, or: Kicking the Jukebox at Heartbreak Hotel
I found my San Francisco again after I got off the 38 Geary bus to catch the 22 Fillmore, a few blocks from the first place I lived in the city. Looking up toward Pacific Heights for the 22 to see...
View ArticleCan You Pick Me Up at the Airport?
I emailed a friend last night to see if he could pick me up at John Wayne Aiport today. His answer, via text, this morning:'Hit me up when you land. If I'm around I'll come get you. But I may be in...
View ArticleRevenge of the Zombie
I was an ESL teacher in San Francisco when this starts. I think I was twenty five.It was only when she caught me leaving the school that I first registered her. That pretty Japanese girl with the...
View ArticleEntasis Reading
A new Entasis blog post about our reading, and the aftermath.http://blog.entasisjournal.com/uncategorized/death-in-long-beach/
View ArticlePunk Rock Saved My Life
'Punk rock changed our lives.' - D. BooneA couple of years before I went to high school an ad played in heavy rotation on the local rock radio station. 'Hello America,' said a woman with a British...
View ArticleWomen I Have Loved (Part 1 of Too Many)
The summer before my senior year of college I spent a month at a sublet in Brooklyn Heights on Pineapple Street. Right across the street was the St. George Hotel, which provided cheap rooms to the...
View ArticleWhite Death
I've been running on Turtle Rock ridge at dusk. The last couple of days a barn owl has floated over me, its underwings and belly as white as death. The owl is hunting, waiting on the slightest movement...
View ArticleEntasis: Badlands
The latest issue of our journal Entasis is up. It includes fiction, poetry, memoir, art and photography from extremely talented artists. Please check it out.Here's my editorial note from the issue. 150...
View ArticleDavid Foster Wallace's Cruise to Nowhere
Kicking a dead writer isn’t a particularly classy way to go; after all, he can’t kick back. This isn’t egregious though (at least I hope it isn’t). When I read this particular essay by this particular...
View ArticleWhere Is He Now?
Ying was a filmmaker with peculiar fashion sensibility. During the week, Ying wore business casual to his job managing containers on freighters coming from China. On weekends, Ying favored spangled...
View ArticleA Charitable Case
This poor woman just wants to give me her money. How can I deny her final wishes?Like everyone with an email account - that is to say, everyone - I get these letters constantly. There's something...
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