Appendix A

Best Author Interview of the Week:

The Special Fiction Issue of the Atlantic Monthly (on newsstands now) has a long essay / analysis on the best Creative Writing programs in the United States. Check out this interview with essayist Edward J. Delaney as he discusses the country's best graduate writing programs and how to compare them. Then go buy the mag.

Currently Reading: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith & Mark Reiter, as well as The Art of Bone by Jeff Smith (Dark Horse Press) with the prodigy. If you’re unfamiliar with the Bone graphic novel series, and have a child under 12 (or 15?), then it’s time you discovered them.

It’s about the three Bone cousins (the greedy one, the stupid one, and the noble one) who fall into a mysterious valley full of magic, swords, betrayal and…rat creatures. Not to be missed. I read them through with my kid once and now he can’t stop reading them on his own.

And I thank you for your kind attention.