Read the letter Letter in Harper’s Magazine A defense of Jonathan Kozol’s article “The Big Enchilada” and his analysis of for–profit education management organizations (i.e. shareholders making millions from our tax dollars via the privatization of our public school system). 18. Update the CV to the new…
2007 Finalist: Rick DeMarinis Short Story Contest Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts in Durango, Colorado, chose my short story “Happy Sometimes” as a finalist in their annual fiction contest.
2007 Short List for Finalists: The William Faulkner–William Wisdom Novel Competition My manuscript Being Good About It was placed on the short list for finalists in this contest sponsored by the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society in New Orleans. Judging is solely on the basis of writing talent, use…