Mailbox Chronicles No. 3: African American Review

“African American Review” Spring 2014 is out. It’s one of my favorite journals, and I have a piece in this issue: “A Long Shot.” It’s based on the true story of an ex-slave who was rumored to be around 120 years old. She was interviewed in the 1930’s by the US Federal Writers Project. She…

Mailbox Chronicles no. 1: Mission at Tenth

‘Mission at Tenth’ Volume 5 arrived in my mailbox last week. It includes an extract from my novel, Damnificados (page 49, if you really want to know), so I’m a little biased, but I think it’s an excellent publication. I haven’t read it all yet, but I particularly enjoyed a brilliant story by Josip Novakovich…