Gail Chehab's stellar new novel The Tunnel transports you to a whole new world, unless you've already lived on the Gaza Strip right before the Arab Spring. Many of us only think about this region when we see the news. Chehab's richly-drawn book, though, gives us front row seats as a revolution is going on, [...]
Peter Cherches has been writing short-prose since before cute phrases like “Flash Fiction” or “Short Shorts” were coined to characterize the genre. His first books came out in the early 1980’s, from notable downtown New York presses like Red Dust and Benzene. Back then, in addition to publishing his pieces widely in both mainstream and [...]
Steve Almond at Skylight Reading June 2012 Such a great reading this turned out to be. Steve and Dan Bern were so funny together. You could tell they were old friends. The two talented man took turns--first Steve would read something, then Dan would sing something. I'd never been introduced to Dan [...]
I'm a fiction writer living in San Diego, California. Currently I'm finishing a collection of connected short stories set in my little pocket of town—North Park. The book is called WHAT HAPPENED HERE, and spotlights a two-block area, all the quirky neighbors that reside there, and a major incident that happened here thirty years ago. [...]