I’m having a week. My first piece for Canadian media is up today on CBC Arts. https://www.cbc.ca/arts/an-american-in-toronto-everything-changed-just-as-this-writer-started-calling-the-city-home-1.5543054
Essays
Obsessed with the Dresses
This, my first literary magazine publication, was a very long time in the making, and the remaking, and the submitting, and more submitting, etc. I’m still amazed that “Obsessed with the Dresses” actually made it into publication and I’m grateful for the many friends who helped along the way.
My 2019 Top Ten List
We did a bunch of year-end lists at Crime Reads (I particularly did the psychological thrillers) but I thought maybe I’d do a more inclusive year-end list, which reflects what I actually read, These are in no particular order, though I’d make a special plea for Snyder’s book, which I don’t feel like it got the publicity it deserves: Continue reading
The Books of Susan Sontag, Ranked
For a Sontag geek like me this was pure pleasure (at Lit Hub).
The Underappreciated Genius of Justified
I wrote about one of my very favorite shows, Justified, over at CrimeReads.
