coffee with two writers

Dinner with Lynn Mundell recently and now coffee (actually chai latte) at a nearby cafe with Patricia Bidar and Claudia Monpere.  It is nice to connect with other writers in person!

Unfortunately, I'm wary of going to Sasha Vasilyuk's indoor launches (a party and a bookstore dialogue, both in San Francisco), even though I dearly love her, even though I was there as a member of her writing group for the entire writing of her first novel. Your Presence is Mandatory looks like it will be a hit! Still afraid of covid. Maybe more afraid because of my new heart diagnosis.

I'm about to post my American Literary Review interview, despite misgivings about self disclosure. 

addendum:  Within a very short time, there was a response on twitter from someone I don't know, Rebecca Tiger, saying she was going to teach the interview in her writing class. I looked her up, and Rebecca Tiger teaches at Middlebury College, a flash cnf class that sounds very interesting called "Writing the Sociological Imagination": "In this writing course, students will create flash non-fiction that engages with sociology’s core focus: placing the personal in its social context. We will read texts that explore a variety of approaches to creatively explore the interplay of biography and history and focus on the range of craft elements these authors use."