As a rule, I dislike trying out apps or downloading things. Technology-wise, I am a late adapter. But these three apps have made themselves...

Here are all the recent favorite books , and here are some from my summer reading regimen, which, evidently, is "Women + Sebald."...

 See Parts 1 and 2 . (Not in order of goodness. They are all amazing.) 1. Autoportrait, Edouard Levé (Dalkey Archive) A collecti...

See Part 1 here .   1. Leaving the Atocha Station , Ben Lerner (Coffee House Press)  "During this period [of rain and ...

  1. Love Dog , Masha Tupitsyn (Penny-Ante) "Emmanuel Lévinas wrote in 'Peace and Proximity': 'The face as the ex...

Amy Hempel assigned this as a reading for our fiction workshop in 2010. I shadow box the sheet hanging over the opening              to...