Guernica Essay: "Hurt To Read"

This essay-- a fictional version of which forms the opening to my novel-- was published today in Guernica:

"Hurt To Read"

http://www.guernicamag.com/features/1051/up_from_ashes/

Luna Park mentioned "Hurt to Read," as one of their best pieces of the summer:

http://www.lunaparkreview.com/2009July5_summernotables.html

Also, referencing earlier work on my return to the Delta, the Columbia Journalism Review reviewed my Open Salon work as being "quite good," and "searing":

http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/community_media.php