Location:
Chicago
What are you working on right now?
Finished up a novel MS, contemplating the next one.
Did you publish anything online this year?
Short fiction at www.identitytheory.com, www.evergreenreview.com
What's the best book you read this year?
Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami
Who was the best new writer you read this year?
Benjamin Kunkel
What was the best work in translation you read this year?
The Mystery Guest, Gregoire Bouillier
What is your favorite literary web site?
www.dictionary.com
What is your favorite literary blog?
misssnark.blogspot.com
What was the best literary event you attended this year? And why?
&NOW/LFLF in April 2006 at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL. I got to spend time with many of my out-of-state colleagues and heard many great readings and lectures.
What was the most important literary news this year?
The Interpreter of Maladies being named the featured title for the "One Book, One Chicago" program here.
What do you value most about your Membership to PEN?
Being able to consider myself a part of an organization that does so much good for writers around the world.
For how long have you been a Member of PEN?
One year.
Did you post listings on PEN's Membership pages (for Member events, publications, and news) this year?
Yes.
Any other news?
The anthology I co-edited, The Art of Friction: Where (Non) Fictions Come Together will be published by University of Texas press in winter 07.
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