Today I was doing an email search for something else and came across this exchange: Grant and his partner Susan own CoffeeTree Books in Morehead, Kentucky. Grant was my editor…View post

Recently Nickolas Butler and I were discussing the failure of the nation’s leading MFA programs to provide adequate instruction on the selection of collapsible hand trucks.

That’s a whole lotta books signed, stories told, songs sung, hands shook, merch boxes lugged, gear packed and unpacked, soundchecks checked, gas station coffee, and just general truckin’. Thank you,…View post

Sometimes on book tour, readers arrive bearing gifts: (No hidden sponsorship deal–a guy just bought three books and then said, “Here, I figured you might need this on tour.” So a…View post

Sonoma, thank you for the cheese (and Band-Aid), and Pleasanton, thank you for the photo gallery.