What is networking, and does it apply to writers? How can you do it without being a dick? After hashing out a few ideas and reminiscing about a long-ago, epic road trip through the South, the guys discuss “Ayudame” by Keith Lee Morris.
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Reading Discussed
- Keith Lee Morris’ short story “Ayudame,” available online at Numero Cinq. It’s from his collection Call It What You Want.
- William Gay was not one for “networking.” Tom Franklin reminisces about how Gay had a heart attack on-stage at a panel discussion.
- Just a reminder, we’re on The Twitter. Our friends at Hobart are also on The Twitter.
- At the AWP conference, Jon enjoyed catching up with the folks at Engine Books.
- The gods, warriors, actors, and atoms of Sum by David Eagleman continue to intrigue Brian.
- Brian was called back to one of his favorites, Tobias Wolff’s “Bullet in the Brain”
from the must-read book The Night in Question. - Jon enjoyed the tension of “White Stands” by Geoff Dyer in Granta 91.
- Preceeding Jon on Hub City Press is Susan Tekulve, whose novel In the Garden of Stone, about a family in the coal county of western Virginia, comes out this May.
- Jon found some solace in Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking at Richmond’s ever-reliable Fountain Bookstore.