Rutgers Camden Student reading

Me reciting poetry

Maverick film maker Chris Barrett recorded this.

Holiday non-blues

I’m feeling very lucky these days. I’m into full writing mode, which means I’m not quite human. I’ve drafted about five short stories so far — running around using prompts from the southeastreview, making my own ones up with random Bible passages, pacing around Knight Park thinking – then spending the whole afternoon in a [...]

Bombing in Kunming

A man walked into one of my favourite cafes, Salvador’s, in Kunming’s university/foreign student district, and blew himself up.
Kunming stunned by cafe bombing

Nice Frustrations

I’m staying in Nice, the south of France, with my parents. It’s a really tough time.
My problems include:
Breakfast of croissants filled with nutella
Afternoon espresso in open air cafes
A sea breeze
Shapely French women heading this way and that
Savoury snacks in shop windows
Little bottles of beer in the fridge
Reading Tolstoy on the balcony, his hands around my [...]