Thursday, February 21, 2013

Ron Rash, I Expect Honesty. Thank You.




Looking forward to Ron Rash's new collection. But we'll have to see about this "underside" business. I'll be looking for a belly more closely resembling that of a trash-eating Carp than the smooth tummy of your average smallmouth. I'll be looking for the spoken truth of what I see each day, and hope it's in here.

Here's the news story I came across: Short stories show Appalachia's raw underside


I Asked Leah Hampton Some Chaos Questions

Leah Hampton, the chimera herself, "sat down" for a Chaos Questions interview with me at Hobart . She is also the self-espoused Ho...