Giving up on Huck Finn—I think
Halfway through The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, I think I’ve given up. The writing is glorious, scene-setting vivid and satire...
New Korean translation of 'Columbine'
What an exciting day. My Korean translation of Columbine just arrived. It looks beautiful. I love the tasteful layout inside and the...
Best Huck Finn sentence so far—inspiration for gay soldiers
and you see the mist curl up off of the water, and the east reddens up, and the river, and you make out a log cabin in the edge of the woods
Best Columbine doc ever, now on Showtime (with me)
I'm pleased to say Showtime's new Columbine documentary—the 8th and final episode of their really good Active shooter series—hit it
Bookniture: MoMA's collapsible origami stool
I want one. I just saw this clever stool from MoMA on The Millions' gift guide for writers. I want to finish my gay soldiers book with it...
Big B&N sale ends today
This weekend, it's 20% off your entire order (off the already discounted online price). code: GIVETHANKS. They rarely do this. Usually...
Autographed 'Columbine' copies in Chicago
I'm back in Chicago for a death in the family right now (which had the bonus of bringing me in for Thanksgiving.) I stopped in at a few...
Times of London examines America's mass murders
Josh Glancy did a great job in the Times of London examining why America keeps facing these mass murders. He quoted me extensively, and...
The Silmarillion, my favorite JRR Tolkien
I just reviewed a few books for Goodreads and decided to share one of them here: I read J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion after Lord of...
Huck Finn
I just ordered Huckleberry Finn, after discussing Mark Twain with a friend this weekend. I read it way too early in high school. Time to...
