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All kinds of creative things happened this month - but they were nearly all in my inbox, with colleagues, or between me and my notebook. Not a lot of stuff was published, so my work was often invisible. However, running my mouth on Twitter resulted in at least three solicitations; I wrote a 4,500-word essay, a 2,500-word essay, two 900-word essays, and assorted other pieces; I transcribed two long interviews; and I pitched, pitched, pitched, semi-successfully.
A handful of my publications were attached to promotion for "After Gardens," a short story of mine published by the Wild Rose Press on the 19th. Here are those:
I also wrote a second volley in my war against John Williams's Stoner: a review of Steve Almond's monograph about the book. It was a very frustrating read. So far, no blowback from Almond. In a roundabout way, the article caused me to write and send a book proposal for a monograph of my own.
June was apparently my month for poking the bear. Along with the Stoner thing, I wrote a short essay for Brevity about all the work one must do as a writer, despite seeking shortcuts. Among certain people, this made me extremely unpopular.
For Locus, I reviewed The Gutter Prayer by Gareth Hanrahan. That was it, though. My other two published reviews this month, for CALYX and for Pleiades, appeared only in print.
Technically there is no Books I Hate for June, due to factors both in and out of my control. It should be out in the next week or so.
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