Piffing Again
by Rachel Sage
Issue No. 96 ~ May, 2005
Derek spent an energizing weekend at the Vancouver AWP Conference making new friends for Pif. I am so glad he did.
96
May, 2005
perm_identity From the Editor
portrait One on One
Diana Joseph
interviewed by Derek Alger
Issue No. 96 ~ May, 2005
One of my writing teachers, Michael Martone, wrote this hilarious little brochure called "Rx," which was a list of "rules" for writing. I remember one rule was "You can never say too little about the color of a character's eyes."
Sven Birkerts
interviewed by Derek Alger
Issue No. 96 ~ May, 2005
For a very long time, from about 1973 until the mid-1980s, bookstores were right at the center of my life -- my employment, my social life, and the mill for my reading and writing obsessions. I had bookstores instead of grad-school.