The Gilchrist Prize in Short Fiction

The inaugural award of the Gilchrist Prize in Short Fiction goes to Alyce Miller for her story Missing.  It is included in Issue #3 of China Grove. Buy it now!

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The Welty Festival at MUW

If you need something to do this week head on up to Columbus, MS for the 25th Annual Welty Festival at Mississippi University for Women. Featured writers include China Grove alumni, Ellen Gilchrist, Michael Farris Smith, and Kendall Dunkelberg. Luke and I will both be up there, so come by and say, “Hi.” China Grove […]

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We are up and running

Well here we are. On the brink of 2013. Luke and I are heading down to Ocean Springs this weekend to do an interview with Ellen Gilchrist for the premier issue of China Grove. I’m very excited about this. She is arguably the greatest living author of Mississippi origin. All right I know there are […]

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Una Voce

Here is the blurb for the book I just edited and put together, it is coming out in November. This is one of the most difficult and intense acts of creation that I’ve ever undertaken, to create a whole from pieces that are not yours is extremely difficult. Coming up with the obscure bits that […]

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