"Why Alaskans..." Published Today in Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

My piece "Why Alaskans Should read the Alaska Quarterly Review" has been published in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. It can be found as a feature in the Sunday section.

"Why Alaskans..." Mentioned in The Review Review

My piece "Why Alaskans Sound read the Alaskan Quarterly Review," recently published in the Juneau Empire and the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, has been mentioned on The Review Review, a weekly e-mail newsletter for writers.

"Riding to Work"

This piece about my bike trip was written by Pacific University staff and published to the school's website. Check it out.

Why Alaskans Should Read Alaska Quarterly Review

Read it for Free: "Road Construction"

Line of Advance has published my piece of short fiction, "Road Construction," on their homepage. Now you can read it for free!

"Road Construction" published in Line of Advance

One of the seven stories from my graduate thesis has been published in Line of Advance. For only $5 you get some great veteran's writing. Check out "Road Construction" in Volume 4.

4th Semester Reading List

1. Bass, Rick. The Lives of Rocks: Stories.
2. Brockmeier, Kevin. Things That Fall from the Sky.
3. Brown, Larry. Facing The Music: Stories.
4. Boyle, T. Coraghessan. Greasy Lake & Other Stories.
5. Carlson, Ron. The Hotel Eden: Stories.
6. Davis, Sean. The Wax Bullet War: Chronicles of a Soldier & Artist.
7. Driscoll, Jack. Wanting Only To Be Heard.
8. Dubus, Andre. Selected Stories.
9. Fountain, Ben. Brief Encounters with Che Guevara.
10. Franklin, Tom. Poachers.
11. Grossman, David. To the End of the Land.
12. Klay, Phil. Redeployment.
13. Lopez, Barry. Resistance.
14. O'Brien, Tim. The Nuclear Age.
15. Pancake, Breece D'J. The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake.
16. Rash, Ron. Burning Bright: Stories.
17. Rash, Ron. Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories.
18. Salinger, J. D. Nine Stories. New York: Back Bay Books, 2001.
19. Salter, James. Last Night: Stories.
20. Wolff, Tobias. In the Garden of the North American Martyrs: A Collection of Short Stories.

Favorites:

Ron Rash is a new favorite. The stories in Burning Bright and Nothing Gold Can Stay are fantastic.

This Tom Franklin book is a couple years old, but the stories of the south are rich and staunch.