OMG it’s a baby blog

Okay, not totally a baby blog.

I very much enjoyed David Ulin’s LA Times piece on reading in the 21st century. Maybe you will, too.

It inspired me to shut down the Facebook, Scrabble, Twitter, email, etc., and pick up the latest issue of A Public Space. I was blown away by a strange story called “Saint Andrews Hotel” by Sara Majka.

I don’t know who she is, but it looks like she’s headed to Provincetown for the winter thanks to Salvatore and Amity, among others. It sure is a trip to see my so-called peers on the judging committee over there. It makes me feel old, a little bit.

I guess I did start grad school more than a decade ago, now that I think of it.

We had such promise then.

Or maybe it’s just that my birthday’s tomorrow.

If you’re going to spend time offline, I highly recommend doing it with your nose in a copy of A Public Space, and not just because I’m a contributing editor. If you insist on staying “plugged-in,” check out the website. It’s getting more robustical by the day…

[update: it looks like the charming Sam Leader is also on that Provincetown list! They're going to have so much fun...]