BANDERSNATCHES by Steve Steinbock So Many Stories My nightstand is creaking under the pressure. I keep adding to the weight it’s bearing, and seldom do I find the time to sit down and read. A week or so back, Rob Lopresti wrote about Jorge Luis Borges in his Tune It or Die. That prompted me […]

NATIONAL AUTHOR’S DAY by Deborah Elliott-Upton Today is National Author’s Day. The date on my calendar listed the “holiday” to coincide with National Family Literacy Day and the birthday of Stephen Crane. I was surprised. I’d never heard of anyone celebrating authors on the first day of November in an official capacity. Accordingly, some bright […]