first comment on my f(r)iction pub, two other notables in my writing group

I still don't have a copy, but Sara Lippman (a flash writer in the Wigleaf Top 50, author of DOLL PALACE) just posted a picture of the cover of F(R)ICTION on twitter, commenting on "how the light casts holographic magic" on it, mentioning my story as one of two "powerful gems" in the magazine. When I wrote back, she said, "The Lunatics' Ball is magnificent (and a brilliant book title.…)." I wondered who would see the story in a print magazine, so I'm thrilled to have a writer-reader.

Got my copy of BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2019. Really pleased to see that my friend Alia Volz, the moderator of my San Francisco writers group (and author of the forthcoming book HOME BAKED), has a Notable Essay too! It's one I saw in drafts, and read in RIVER TEETH, which Steve and I subscribe to. Steve has an essay coming out with RIVER TEETH in their next issue. 

And another! My friend Frances Lefkowitz (author of TO HAVE NOT), also in my rad writing group, has a Notable for a wonderful essay she published in CATAMARAN LITERARY READER (which we also subscribe to). So cool! CATAMARAN is a gorgeous magazine (lots of art) out of Santa Cruz, and the editors Catherine Segurson and Elizabeth McKenzie are super-nice. They've published Steve twice, me once, and they did a launch party for my chapbook THE MISSING GIRL. Steve and I were in their offsite AWP reading last spring.

What are the odds that any writing group would have three Notables in the same year?