A Quirky, Entertaining Joyride ...
Happy to share some new reviews:
“Moore forges a brisk, incisive, funny, sometimes silly, yet stealthily
affecting memoir in essays and skits, a ‘generational autobiography,’
and good candid guy stuff. . . . Each anecdote, piece of pop-culture trivia,
and frankly confessed panic and desire yields a chunk of irony and a sliver
of wisdom.”—Donna Seaman, Booklist
“The writing is frequently very funny; insightful, too, especially
Moore’s belief that humans are generally delusional when it comes
to their expectations vs. what is realistically possible. . . . The narrative
has its poignant moments, particularly in Moore’s recollections
of his father. And despite his fractured take on the world, his message
is essentially hopeful. Moore, it seems, is moving on.”—Robert
Kelly, Library Journal
“Between Panic and Desire is more autopsy than memoir—a strange
new hybrid. It's a fantasy of letting go of the things that have haunted
Moore his entire life." -- The Los Angeles Times
"[A] quirky, entertaining joyride.”—Publishers Weekly
WW Norton's Best Creative Nonfiction
This past year (and for the foreseeable future), it is my privilege to
serve as a coordinating editor on the new annual anthology Best
Creative Nonfiction (W.W. Norton, 2007), available at your
favorite bookstore.
From Publisher's Weekly:
"... the pieces speak for themselves, blending precise research and
astute observation with flavorful, fascinating narratives. Most pieces
are first-person, memoir-style accounts -- writers include a former stripper,
a fatally ill man, a narcoleptic and a prosopagnosic (a woman who can't
recognize faces) -- but a smattering of profiles include an insightful
Poets & Writers piece by Daniel Nester on notoriously over-creative
nonfiction writer James Frey. Happily, Gutkind reaches several steps beyond
the literary journal scene-blog excerpts turn up, and a piece on the secret
language of hackers (or "h4ck3rs") comes from John McPhee's
Princeton University creative nonfiction class-to find a wide range of
topics and styles; though some selections are stronger than others, the
richness of the "real" makes the anthology work as a cohesive
whole. "
Literary Magazines Won't Hurt You
If you enjoy reading literary magazines (and you really should, you know),
look for my latest work in recent issues of:
The
Southern Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Pinch, River
Teeth, Gulf Coast, and Creative Nonfiction.
Or, if you'd rather hear me, grumbly voice and all, I'm now a Podcast.
So listen up!
New Edition of Toothpick Men
Mammoth
Press has recently released a new edition of Toothpick Men, including
two new stories and many fine new words not found in the first edition.
(Words like "flabbergasted" and "ramification.")
We are also quite pleased with the new cover.
We are working to make the new/revised edition available through Amazon
and other fine booksellers, but the Mammoth moves at a glacial pace. In
the meantime your best bet is to order directly from the author.
I'll sign them too.