Having once somewhat cheekily included a sentence diagram in a book review, I was charmed this morning to see grammarian Kitty Burns Florey take on the sentences of Sarah Palin over at Slate. Check it out here.
It strikes me that in the last 48 hours the notion of a commander-in-chief test has gained new relevance. May I suggest this one?
My three-year stint at Chicago Review is just about up and I’m looking to take on some more freelance work in the coming months. If you have any books that need reviewing, ideas that need considering, or politics that needs commentating, drop me a line, would you? (Leads are also welcome.)
If you’re new to the site, a bunch of my past work is available here. Thanks for any help!
For those who get their daily digital emunction via RSS: Campbell McGrath and I have been discussing my Bookforum review of his Seven Notebooks in the comments section of my last post. (And here you thought the “Tenzone” was exciting…)
My review of Campbell McGrath’s Seven Notebooks appears in the summer issue of Bookforum. Check it out…
A memo to all interested parties: I’ll be reading this Sunday, May 25, at The Charleston Bar in Bucktown (2076 N. Hoyne, to be precise).
The reading, which is happening under the auspices of both the Sunday Salon Chicago series and the Pilcrow Literary Festival, features fiction editors from Chicago literary magazines reading their own work. The other writer-editors on the card are Mike Zapata of Make, Simon A. Smith of Bruiser Review, and Michael Newirth of Fifth Wednesday Journal.
I’ll be reading a bit from my novel-in-progress. The reading starts at 7:30pm and shouldn’t last much past 9pm. If you’re in town and available, come out for the reading and I’ll buy you a beer…
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