News

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And the newest news is that one of the essays written exclusively for this website, in Dreamweaver no less, and subsequently republished by The Pinch, being a cool magazine out of University of Memphis, has been selected for The Best American Essays 2008. This essay is "Solipsism." This means, among other things, that I will have to retract my sometimes criticism of the stodginess of this particular venerable literary institution. I also imagine this is the first essay written for a website selected for this series. That's pretty fun. It's available here under the Neck Deep section, though since it ruminates on its own creation and online publication, when it was republished, it additionally ruminates on being republished, and the republishing necessitated a redesign and revision. I doubt they'll let me add a section in BAE ruminating on being included in BAE, but I'll be damned if I won't try. It's a pretty bizarrely laid out piece. Check it out. I have to imagine it'll be the most whacked-out thing in the issue. Selected by New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik, who is now officially the man.

My newest, Our Aperture, a chapbook of poems, is out 01.20.08 from New Michigan Press. Order [here].

Also it turns out that I am one of the winners of the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers award for Neck Deep and Other Predicaments. This means I'll be touring many of the GLCA colleges in 2008-2009. Rock.

Information

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Where to find me. You might try emailing me at ander[at symbol which is pretty]thediagram.com if you like.

There is further information under Neck Deep on this page, including biographical info, author photo, and other sorts of scaffolding.