This Blog is Not Entirely Moribund

October 20, 2011 in personal, writing

I posted a brand new short story here called Fourteen, I’ve posted the Monthly Review’s excellent critique of the Internet and capitalism in the old readin’ room, and I’ve made my first blog in months at the Paltry Sapien, joining the conversation about Occupy Wall Street.

More later as time and enthusiasm permit.

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