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_DavidShields

  1. James Wood's review of HHhH in the New Yorker: newyorker.com/arts/critics/b… ?currentPage=all
  2. Toronto Star article, Publishing is still a thrill for innovative pioneers (mentions Jeff, One Lonely Guy): thestar.com/news/books/art…
  3. Appearance on Vancouver TV show, on which I discussed Thing About Life, Reality Hunger, and Jeff, One Lonely Guy: youtube.com/user/Studio4on…
  4. Seattle P-I note on Jeff, One Lonely Guy: blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/201…
  5. Interview with U of Washington about Jeff, One Lonely Guy: washington.edu/news/articles/…
  6. Huffington Post review of Jeff, One Lonely Guy: huffingtonpost.com/joel-drucker/b…
  7. American Scholar essay "Death by Treacle"--great title--cites Reality Hunger, not as example of treacle: theamericanscholar.org/death-by-treac…
  8. Bookforum review of Jeff, One Lonely Guy: bookforum.com/review/9317
  9. I'm co-editor of a Norton anthology of fraudulent artifacts, forthcoming on October 15: amazon.com/Fakes-Pseudo-I…
  10. Piece about loneliness worldwide (mentions Jeff, One Lonely Guy): prosumer-report.com/blog/2012/04/a…
  11. Article in University of Washington Daily about Jeff, One Lonely Guy: dailyuw.com/news/2012/apr/…
  12. Francine Du Plessix Gray, "The Paralysis of Stuttering," NY Review of Books: nybooks.com/shared/fba901f…
  13. Reality Hunger: fancy-words.blogspot.com/2012/04/david-…
  14. UGA English department symposium focuses on Web poetics: m.onlineathens.com/uga/2012-04-03…
  15. In New Yorker review-essay entitled "The Disconnect," Nathan Heller discusses Jeff, One Lonely Guy: newyorker.com/arts/critics/b…
  16. Blogs, microfiction and literary voyeurism: Julie Wilson’s strange obsessions: thestar.com/news/books/art…
  17. Thoughts On Revolution, by Sam- Emerging Writers' Festival: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/2012/04/more-t…
  18. A very brief essay of mine published under the pseudonym "S. Nicks" (long story): another-thing.net/2012/03/20/sof…
  19. N.Y. Observer article/interview on Jeff, One Lonely Guy: observer.com/2012/03/jeff-o…
  20. New York Post on Jeff, One Lonely Guy: nypost.com/p/news/local/m…