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Killed Puzzle

January 26, 2018

In looking for an old document, I came across something I wrote for a puzzle column that was retired before this last effort published. I tried to paste it here but couldn’t seem to preserve the formatting; after a half hour, I decided it wasn’t worth the effort. Anyway, I’ll […]

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A minus review from Robert Christgau

October 27, 2017

Really cool to see this review of Ad Out from Robert Christgau. I’ve been reading him since a friend pointed me to “Rock Albums of the ’70s” when I was a teenager, so it’s kind of a thrill to know he digs our stuff.

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Clear Me Some Space

October 4, 2017

My brilliant friends Carolyn Swiszcz and Wilson Webb made this video for the new country-funk single by Dylan Hicks and the Looming Crisis.

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Thomas Love Peacock

July 30, 2017

The latest edition of Post Road includes a little piece of mine on Thomas Love Peacock’s Romantic satire Nightmare Abbey.

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Ken Waterhouse Talent & Drywall

July 30, 2017

My manager has a new Facebook page, which includes a (supposedly) promotional video spot for my forthcoming album.

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Autumn Closing In

April 18, 2017

This latest edition of the New England Review includes a long essay of mine, “Autumn Closing In,” a significantly revised version of a piece I posted a few years ago on this website when I’d reached a bit of an impasse with the material. I’m grateful to Carolyn Kuebler for […]

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Rubber Stamp

March 23, 2017

Important work I’m doing.

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Interview

November 28, 2016

Here’s a tiny book Carolyn Swiszcz and I made together.

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Event at Highpoint Center for Printmaking

November 14, 2016

Tonight I’ll be at the Highpoint Center for Printmaking with the painter, video artist, and book artist Carolyn Swiszcz. I feel a real kinship with Carolyn’s funny and lonesome work, which is why I asked her to do the cover for my last novel. We’ll talk about that collaboration, and […]

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Kenyon Review

November 5, 2016

I’ve been kind of stuck with my writing, so it was encouraging to read this Michael Magras review of Amateurs in the Kenyon Review.

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