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Last year, this guy at Short Story Reader had some nice things to say about my story “Tuning Pegs.” There are two moments in this story where I had to stop and think, awed by an observation at once...
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I subscribe to the Poem-A-Day e-mail from the Academy of American Poets. Sometimes I read them and sometimes I delete them unread. Depends on how I feel in the morning. I also get a daily e-mail from...
View ArticleJolie Holland in Poetry Magazine
Is rap poetry? The question has become a loaded one. It seems today the only people who don’t write poetry are poets. The work of anyone else we feel deserves praise, from Toni Morrison to Bob...
View ArticleI’ve been reading Madame Bovary
In my downtime I’ve been reading Madame Bovary on the internet. I just finished Part One. I’ve never read Flaubert before, and between chapters, or when I hit a bit I don’t grasp, I’m bouncing between...
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New story up
My story about divorce, corporate training, and microwave ovens is up at Night Train Magazine. http://www.nighttrainmagazine.com/contents/mckennedy_fb.php
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PANK + UNCG MFA
Photo courtesy of Buttons McTavish PANK Magazine‘s online issue for April goes live today and I’m excited that it includes my story about lunar disintegration and existential turmoil. It’s a stylistic...
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InterPANK? I don’t know. But the illustrious PANK Magazine sent me some questions about my story, and I sent them some answers. It feels good to be associated with such a fine publication. PANK Blog /...
View ArticleUNCG MFA Followup
A lot of people lately get to this blog searching for information about the UNCG Creative Writing MFA, and I realized that my last word about it here was uncertain. Well, let’s clear it up. In three...
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