Archive for December, 2008
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
The Dean of Typewriters
Every writer likes to have a special space in which to write. I like to write in the basement, in the dark, on a laptop, halfway reclined in my papasan chair. Some people write in the woods. Some like a noisy cafe, full of characters worth stealing. Some like a special kind of paper or [...]
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Saturday, December 27th, 2008
Good Reads & December Notes
I hope everyone had a happy Soltice, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, Black Friday, Black Friday 2, or Boxing Day–which is probably most relevant to a magazine…especially one that’s 200 pages and almost a full pound to carry around in your postal sack. Or one that receives a two-foot-high stack of submissions every day. Wow, we [...]
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
The Contiguity Error
Two things happened yesterday that only happen very rarely. First came the refund request. Someone had ordered a one-year subscription, and after the first issue, they weren’t satisfied, and wanted their money back. It’s Rattle‘s policy not to give refunds, but when you order online, part of the terms and conditions of our credit card [...]
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
A Conversation with Michael C. Ford
Click below to listen to the interview my MFA class did with Michael C. Ford, a local legend in the L.A. poetry scene. Most of the hour-long audio clip is a conversation between Ford and Aram Saroyan, who I’ve mentioned here before. Topics range from The Doors to the recent election of Barack Obama, but [...]
