1. Junot Díaz, whose writing I like more than almost anybody. Every time he curses, my heart melts a little.
2. Nathan Englander, who is so nice and smart and his short stories are amazing. I haven’t read his novel yet. He once poured me a lot of vodka at a party, a tumbler full of […]
I’ve just started writing for LAist.com, a group blog about Los Angeles. My first contribution is a review of last Saturday’s Kiosk show in Orange County, which is actually more a post introducing the band than a classic review.
I’ve got a project going right now, where I’m re-reading a bunch of old books. “Old” as in I’ve read them before, not as in 15th century.
I re-read most of Raymond Carver’s short story collection, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,” late last week. His writing is famous for being very minimal, […]
The Global Voices Iran blog included an interview with me about Pars Arts, late last month. It’s available in English, Arabic, or two kinds of Chinese (traditional and simplified). I have a great deal of respect for the blog translation work done by the people behind Global Voices, a Harvard-founded project, and I am honored […]