Adam Robinson, Amazing

I am proudest of my football skills. I display a natural fluency on the field. [video link]



Two more pics of me on the field:

Excited about my prowess/good looks? I can do more. Preorder my book here.

Shellie Zacharia's NOW PLAYING

I just received Now Playing, by Shellie Zacharia, from Keyhole Books. I read the titles and enjoyed them immensely. I read the first story, "Uno!" and enjoyed it immensely. I mean, really, really a lot. It has a great tone, so smartly breezed and fluffed, and ends with a point that would seem saccharine if everything else in the story hadn't come together so well.

I'm looking forward to reading the other 180 pages in this book.

I think it would be really scary to ride a bike with my eyes closed -- probably I couldn't do it

Joseph Young was on NPR's The Signal on Friday. The Signal is a really great show out of Baltimore's station, WYPR. Joe reads some stories and talks with the host, Aaron Henkin, about how microfiction works -- and why.

When Aaron asks about the best way to read the stories, Joe mentions my money back guarantee: whoever reads the 3,000 words in one sitting, can email me for a full refund. My thinking is that the stories satiate after reading three or four, overwhelm after seven or eight. Buy the book here.

Joe's reading/interview is at about minute 25. Also on the program are: Chris Ferrera, my friend who does this really awesome letter writing campaign to Starbucks; Kathy Flann, my friend who hosts a reading series (last month she brought in Tao Lin and PG's own Rupert Wondolowski); and Matt Gilman, a blind mountain biker I've never met. Once again The Signal programs an hour well worth your ears.

"Creative writing still matters" -Adam Robinson

NYC Spelling Bee

Rozalia Jovanovic wrote a very funny account of a spelling bee. When I was in NYC last weekend I wished I went there more often. The fact that Rozalia's write up takes this cool event as if it were a commonplace sort of thing makes me wish I was there more often more.