Category Archives: On Writing

I got my MFA in fiction at the University of Virginia, which meant I spent my last semester working one on one with Ann Beattie. This was achieved in her living room, where the light was always golden, bathing the … Continue reading →

My very first semester at UVA, I studied with the Mystical Being That Is DeborahEisenberg. (She just won the Pen/Faulkner Award: http://tinyurl.com/46wcozc)I don’t say she is a mystical being because she won the Pen/Faulkner Award. I have other evidence. Consider this: 1. … Continue reading →