Beyond Lolita: Literary Writers on Sex & Sexuality is Swedish American Museum on November 5th and the line-up is so very stellar indeed.

Quite stellar and so November 5th and there is much more information like right here.

Quite honored to be sharing some fine company in the Bustle joint "How To Write A Personal Essay That’ll Tell Your Story The Way You Want It To."

Possibly even more than honored, not that we're sure what that would be. Excerpt? Word.

Examine Your Level of Sincerity Within Your Piece

If you’ve published before, think about how honest you’ve been in your past pieces — and make sure you get to the same place of sincerity again. Push yourself harder if you haven’t. People are attracted to the way people tell stories, not necessarily what they’re writing about, Ben Tanzer said. “If people feel like they can trust you for all the same reasons they did before, they’ll fall in love with you.”

There is Stranger Than Fiction: Personal Essay in the Age of the Internet AWP 2015 panel Twitter hype.

I'm going to be on an AWP panel after all . . . as soon as I read this email & fill in the blanks . . .

— Wendy C. Ortiz (@WendyCOrtiz) February 4, 2015

@beoliu @WendyCOrtiz which panel? or is that a secret?

— Kevin Maloney (@kevinrmaloney) February 4, 2015

@WendyCOrtiz @meganstielstra @jamieiredell @BenTanzer whoa! that just jumped to the top of my list of AWP panels to see. can't wait!

— Kevin Maloney (@kevinrmaloney) February 4, 2015

@BenTanzer Are you kidding? I can't wait to bear hug you. @kevinrmaloney @meganstielstra @jamieiredell

— Wendy C. Ortiz (@WendyCOrtiz) February 4, 2015

@DanCoxonAuthor Gladly. You have two hugs coming, @BenTanzer. @kevinrmaloney @meganstielstra @jamieiredell

— Wendy C. Ortiz (@WendyCOrtiz) February 4, 2015

@WendyCOrtiz @DanCoxonAuthor @kevinrmaloney @meganstielstra @jamieiredell Good people. Both of you. And this is an embarrassment of riches.

— Ben Tanzer (@BenTanzer) February 4, 2015

New website the Anna March is.

So do hit it, it just might change your life.

The Anna March is Modern Love.

Yes, that Modern Love. And most wonderful it is. So do hit it, as it is sure to change your life as it has ours.

New joint. Languid. As an Exquisite Duet with the Anna March. At the JMWW.

Yes, that Anna March. And big thanks to the Meg Tuite for all of it. Excerpt? Word.

"Baby you are raw and nothing can scorch you. And we are naked, scuffed, and covered in a fine layer of glistening sweat and scum. Smiling and languid, as we eat Ben & Jerry's, and ignore all those things that must be ignored, dying fathers, dead-end jobs, and baby's that won't make themselves."   

The Anna March, yes that Anna March, talking Girls, Steubenville, bad sex, sexual agency, and rape at Salon.

Here.

Meals. Miles. Men. March. And KICKSTARTER. Hit it. Post haste.

Here. Totes.

"My Father's House is an affecting meditation on how we can—and sometimes do—become better versions of ourselves." My Father's House gets The Collagist'd. And likes it. A lot.

Quite true this. Quite appreciated. And big thanks to always kick-ass Anna March and the whole Collagist crew for this terribly wonderful review. Drinks on us for sure when next we meet. Now, excerpt, cool? Thanks.

"It offers an important reminder that we are all artists in our own way, if only on the canvas that is our life, and that we create the finest art the more connected to the world and ourselves we are. It is a brave look at how fear binds us, and all that is to be gained when we let ourselves feel even the most painful truths. It is an ambitious work and it succeeds. In My Father's House are many mansions; every one of them is worth exploring."

Ink on the Tracks. California. And Estimated Prophet.

Quite cool this. The always awesome Anna March invited TBWCYL, Inc. spokesperson Ben Tanzer to submit a track and guest essay to her "Ink on the Tracks" music column at Connotation Press. The theme of this column was California and our contribution is a riff on "Estimated Prophet" by The Grateful Dead, what it meant to us once, and still does, so many years down the road. that I wasn't really into music then. Then being the early nineties. Then being before now and after that other time before this. I wasn't into anything really though. Okay, that isn't entirely true. I was really into abusing substances. Getting laid. And learning how to throw a forehand blade. But music not so much.

Connotation Press. The March. Quasi-self indulgence. And Interview Sundays. Part Two.

More, yes, more interview, more Connotation, more excerpt, and more terrificness from the Meg Tuite, this time talking with TBWCYL, Inc. favorite and big-time supporter, the Anna March. Enjoy. And word. Big word.

Who have been some major influences in your writing career?

Soooo many.......James Baldwin. Richard Russo.  John Irving.  Ann Beattie.  Tillie Olsen.  Zora Neale Hurston. Ray Carver.  Daphne Merkin.  Lois Lowry.   Alice Walker.  Marie Howe.  Jack Gilbert.  Dai Saijie. Bob Dylan. Ellen Gilchrist.  Quincy Troupe.  Faulkner.  Faulkner.  Faulkner.

I keep a little note on my computer that says:  "Where's the heart?" -- that's from Michael Stearns.   The other note I keep there says:  "Does it hurt yet?" -- that's from Pam Houston.  Those two questions guide me.

"A love song about both the running and the writing process." 99 Problems gets Goodreads'd. And likes it. A lot.

Always cool to get some love for the 99 Problems. Also nice for said love to come via not just the Goodreads, but from super supporter, way cool chick and TBWCYL, Inc. favorite Anna March. So, big thanks and big drinks, many, on us when next we meet. Which will be here, maybe, yes? Yes. Also, please enjoy some excerpt below and if you too have enjoyed the 99 Problems, but haven't yet Goodreads'd it yourself, please consider doing that as well. Thanks.

"There's nothing precious in this book -- and yet it is a love song about both the running and the writing process. that tanzer, he'll make you think, he'll make you lace up and head out for a run and he'll make you come in and write your guts out when you get back. a terrific book."