It’s a very big week here in Savannah and everything is turning green, including the fountains and people’s pets. If you want to know what to read for St. Patrick’s Day, check it out.
Armchair BEA 2015: Introduction
Somehow it is already time for Armchair BEA again! Cheers to the lovely folks who organize this virtual get-together each year. It’s always great fun. Tell us a bit about yourself: How long have you been blogging? Where are you from? I began blogging about books nearly seven years ago. I’d been writing film…
That time I did #TwitterFiction
This year, I won a contest to participate in Twitter Fiction Festival. The week-long event, sponsored by Twitter, Penguin Random House, the Association of American Publishers and USA Today, features well-known authors alongside completely unknown writers who present short stories on Twitter. I opted for a Monte Cristo revenge ghost story set in Savannah. I…
REVIEW: XO ORPHEUS
This not your grandparents’ Bulfinch’s Mythology. Bernhiemer has commissioned stories from contemporary writers from all around the world. Their contributions, while inspired by a “classic” myth, are wholly fresh and new. What’s fascinating is that which the Ancients perceived as important or problematic, remain so even now and easily translate into modern sensibilities. Indeed, these…
FOUND PHOTO: Man With Car
This is the third of the photos I found at Graveface Curiosities #2 on their opening night. I am guessing that this one is form the late 1930s, based on the car and his ill-fitting suit.