Tom Bligh

William Heath and Laura van den Berg read November 8 at The Writer's Center

2009-11-03T15:57:00.002-05:00

Open Door Reading Series: An Afternoon With Laura Van Den Berg and William Heath Laura van den Berg reads from her story collection What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, and William Heath reads from his novel Blacksnake’s Path.Laura van den Berg’s first collection of stories, What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, was the winner of

Brock Clarke reads in DC on October 10

2007-09-23T20:13:00.000-04:00

Brock Clarke reads from An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England on October 10 at Olsson’s, Dupont Circle, 7:00 pmCheck out the blog for the book.

White Hot Center

2007-02-25T10:54:00.000-05:00

The “Hit the White Hot Center” Contest is sponsored by The Southeast Review and Robert Olen Butler, author of From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction. Robert Olen Butler will pick the opening sentences to a short story written by a contestant at AWP that best demonstrates his idea of “the White Hot Center.” The winning and finalist sentences will be published on the SER magazine

AWP panels not to miss

2007-02-20T14:40:00.000-05:00

Friday, March 29:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m.Salon D, 2nd Floor F113. Making History: Writing Fiction about the Civil Rights Movement. (William Heath, Anthony Grooms, Deborah Wiles) Four novelists will discuss the challenge of creating fiction around historic events from the Civil Rights Movement, including the complexities inherent when writing about race relations. How do you create a fresh scene when

Florida State University at AWP 2007

2007-02-13T16:46:00.000-05:00

Here's what FSU will bring to the show in Atlanta this springA Reading by Robert Olen Butler, Introduction by Julianna Baggott. Sponsored by Florida State University Creative Writing Program and The Southeast Review.The Southeast Review 25th Anniversary Reading featuring Paul Griner, Ander Monson, Dorianne Laux, Beth Ann Fennelly, D. A. Powell, Lori HorvitzPlus panels by Mark Winegardner,

Spring fiction readings in Tallahassee

2007-01-28T12:54:00.000-05:00

01-30-07 8 PM Warehouse Richard Bausch02-13-07 8 PM Warehouse Kim Addonizio02-27-07 8 PM Warehouse Roxane Johnson and Steve Watkins03-20-07 8 PM Warehouse Mark Bibbins and Thisbe Nissen04-03-07 8 PM Warehouse George Pelecanos

Fall readings in Tallahassee

2006-09-18T20:21:00.000-04:00

10-10-06 8 PM Warehouse Sami Levy and Steve Kistulentz 10-17-06 8 PM Warehouse Katie Burgess and Tom Bligh 10-24-06 8 PM Warehouse Morri Creech 10-31-06 8 PM Warehouse Halloween Party 11-02-06

Smoking is bad for you . . .

2006-09-13T23:04:00.000-04:00

But you know what isn't?Shatner.

2006-08-31T05:58:00.000-04:00

The Delicious

2006-07-16T01:02:00.000-04:00

I first saw "The Delicious" in Wholphin.

What I'm Pointing At: Memoir and the Authority of Experience

2006-07-05T13:05:00.000-04:00

from Black Warrior Review Vol. 29 issue 2What I’m Pointing At: Memoir and the Authority of Experiencean interview with Connie Sumterville by Tom BlighConnie Sumterville is the author of a best-selling memoir, Turning 24 (2000) and a novel, Family Friction (2002). Born in Wildwood, New Jersey, she graduated from the University of Michigan in 1996. She is a student in the graduate creative writing

Plaid Stallions

2006-05-10T23:46:00.000-04:00

Where's my Sears catalog? I've moved alot, maybe that's why I haven't seen one in a while. Brian's excellent site: Plaid StallionsA salute to 70's culture as recorded in department store catalogs. Cool and goofy items from the JC Penney, Sears, Eatons, Shoprite, Consumers Distributing, Wards, Aldens and much more!

Every novel

2006-04-13T23:30:00.001-04:00

“Every novel is written a little bit at a time, in tremendous confusion and doubt.” — Richard Bausch

Frederick Busch

2006-04-12T06:55:00.000-04:00

I don't know how I missed this sad news. Frederick Busch died.Washington Post obituary.One of my favorite books is The Night Inspector.

Tallahassee

2006-04-10T22:41:00.000-04:00

I had a swell time at the Tallahassee Writers Association's Seven Hills Conference. I met a bunch of smart writers and enjoyed the afternoon. Thanks for having me.

Stephen King is coming to Tallahassee

2006-02-11T20:07:00.000-05:00

I believe everything I read, and here's the scoop, according to the Tallahassee Democrat. (condensed for space.)Stephen King headed to FSUBy Mark HinsonDEMOCRAT SENIOR WRITER Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo (“Empire Falls") has canceled his upcoming reading Feb. 21 as the literary star of this year's Seven Days of Opening Nights arts festival at Florida State. But wait until you

The Godfather Returns

2005-12-10T19:27:00.000-05:00

The Godfather ReturnsBy Mark Winegardner Reading Group Questions and Topics for Discussion by Tom Bligh © 2005. 1. The Godfather Returns begins with Nick Geraci’s unwanted assignment to kill his mentor. In chapter 11, the atomic bomb test in the desert hints at a turning point for the United States. What other events in this novel signify a

Old Haunts

2005-10-08T22:36:00.000-04:00

Old photographs of Halloweens long past. Faded, out-of-focus snapshots. Far away memories of the chilly Autumns of our childhoods. Turn of the Century, to the '60s & '70s.This site is great! It's got a few of my favorite things, including a photo of one of those old Ben Cooper Halloween costumes--Batman, in this case--just like the cool one I wore as a kid.

A letter from Bret Lott, editor of The Southern Review

2005-09-12T23:11:00.000-04:00

To the Community of Writers, Readers, Teachers, Students, Editorsand Anyone Else Within the Sound of This Email--Bret Lott here, editor of The Southern Review on the campus of LSUin Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I am writing to you and to everyone youcan forward this email to with an opportunity to help victims ofthe hurricane. Forgive this rather long email, but it is importantto the welfare of many

The Circus Fire

2005-08-10T17:02:00.000-04:00

Stewart O’Nan’s swift, clean prose captures the sad afternoon in Hartford, Connecticut on July 6, 1944 when a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus tent caught fire, causing the deaths of 167 people. Vivid and wholly re-imagined, The Circus Fire depicts ordinary people who saved lives and the panic-stricken who rushed for the exits, trampling women and children. This is nonfiction, not

Some late July news

2005-07-26T17:02:00.000-04:00

Hey kids, I just found out my short story, "Inventions," will appear in the autumn issue of The Southern Review.

Fourth of July preview

2005-06-28T02:50:00.000-04:00

Freedom Summer

2005-06-28T01:27:00.000-04:00

The recent conviction of Edgar Ray Killen got me thinking about this novel, written by my friend Bill Heath, who was my undergraduate English professor. I recommend it.William Heath's novel, The Children Bob Moses Led brings alive the optimism of Freedom Summer. While working toward equality and mutual understanding, the Summer Project workers show the first signs of the counter-culture.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

2005-06-28T01:06:00.000-04:00

Also people think they're not computers because they have feelings and computers don't have feelings. But feelings are just having a picture on the screen in your head of what is going to happen tomorrow or next year, or what might have happened instead of what did happen, and if it is a happy picture they smile and if it is a sad picture they cry.p. 119The Curious Incident of the Dog in the

Summer reading

2005-06-28T01:05:00.000-04:00

"What makes a person into a person who matters is to have ideals, then to realize everything's tainted, then to grow up and reimpose your ideals upon the unjust and indifferent world."-- Crooked River Burning, p. 375 Mark Winegardner's second novel shows why Cleveland rocks. The novel plays with the leeway between truth and fact, especially when it