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dhousley

  1. @SteveHimmer @RachelFersh Hey Rachel -- I live here in State College. Feel free to dm if you'd like (dave@barrelhousemag.com).
  2. At Slate, why America hasn't embraced the Spurs (hint: it's kind of because we're assholes): slate.me/K9D9fV
  3. The Drunk Queen should have her own talk show. #gameofthrones
  4. StorySouth Million Writers Award notable stories are up. Two from Barrelhouse (Elizabeth Ellen, and Jeff Landon): bit.ly/JpSXFr
  5. Great essay from Matt Perez up on Word Riot. wordriot.org/archives/4058
  6. At Big Other, James Tadd Adcox writes about (how much he loves) the new issue of Barrelhouse. Woo! bit.ly/JvV5BR
  7. @AtticusBooks I think so. Three quarters true, so creative truthiness?
  8. @AtticusBooks @thebooksluts Been following along and agree. U all might dig the 3/4 Review (stories that are 3/4 true): threequarterreview.com
  9. New Book Fight! Mike and Tom talk about Lauren Groff's "Delicate Edible Birds." bookfightpod.com
  10. Mike Czyzniejewski's "Chicago Stories" is fun, funny, short, great. You should buy it: curbsidesplendor.bigcartel.com/product/chicag…
  11. @buddhistwriter Yes! It's a classic. I was going to say "start your weekend off with a good mindf***, but that seemed a bit much...
  12. Interview with Barrelhouse editor Mike Ingram, on editing. Good stuff here for all y'all writers: blogs.butler.edu/pressgang/2012…
  13. It's short story month! Here's Flannery O' Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find" to get your weekend started: pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~surette/goodm…
  14. It's short story month! Here's one of the best ones ever -- Sea Oak, by George Saunders: barcelonareview.com/20/e_gs.htm
  15. So many reminders. He is so wise: "Uzbekistan is like a whole other country!" True y'all. terrencehowardreminders.tumblr.com
  16. It's short story month! Here's a great one from Jesus Angel Garcia, from the new online issue of Barrelhouse: barrelhousemag.com/?p=2029
  17. New Barrelhouse online issue, edited by Tom Williams, is up up up: barrelhousemag.com
  18. Awesome review of Matt Kirkpatrick's collection "Light Without Heat" at Necessary Fiction: necessaryfiction.com/reviews/LightW…
  19. Weed wacking is really the dirtiest kind of wacking. Literally speaking, that is.