A New Season Begins
San Francisco Ballet is about to begin its 90th season, the company’s first under new artistic director Tamara Rojo. I spent the better part of a day watching Rojo teach company class and coach dancers, and wrote about the beginning of her tenure for the San Francisco Chronicle here. January and February will bring me
Writing into 2022: Dance Criticism, Short Fiction, Essays
As 2021 closes out, I thought I’d informally update those who are interested in my work on what I’m up to. I’ve written a lot of short fiction in 2021–a story draft per month, actually. Some were keepers, some not. Now I am slowly revising. 2022 will be a year of deep revision, if I
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Essay “Shaver Lake” Featured on Cover of the Northwest Review
My essay “Shaver Lake” was excerpted on the cover of the Winter 21 Northwest Review. Unfortunately the essay remains relevant and will become more relevant in the years to come. You can read it here.
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New Story in StoryQuarterly Issue 53
I’m very grateful to have a new story out today in StoryQuarterly Issue 53:http://www.storyquarterly.org/the-woman-at-the-party.htmlAs I’ve posted elsewhere, this is my favorite short fiction I have written, which seems strange when I revisit it and realize it contains somewhat graphic depictions of very unpleasant sex (a warning if for understandable reasons you would prefer to avoid
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