Well, that month went by quick. Anyway, here's a video From Uzee's French publisher, Galaade, in which she discusses (in English) h...

It's only one class, but I'm teaching a creative writing workshop in the Fall of 2014, which makes me very happy indeed.  Below is...

This essay for Dawn is a little overdue -- it came out on May 1 and I'm just getting to it now, sorry. But it's well worth an read,...

Astute readers will note that I haven't been active in the blogosphere for quite some time... Sorry about that. No real excuse, other th...

It gets rolling at about the 1 minute mark... I like to imagine Axl throwing up somewhere right now, while Slash is raising a beer in wo...

Hey, all you UK folks, and people who prefer to shop at Amazon UK because, I don't know, it's cooler than the US one or something......

Saw him there last night... heckuva show. Here's a clip that's not from last night's performance, but is similar. There's ...

The lovely and talented Uzma Aslam Khan recently gave an nearly-hour-long interview on Karachi radio station City FM89, which is now availa...

Here's a fine interview with Uzma from the Herald magazine, a newsmonthly in Pakistan that also covers culture and the arts. As ever, s...

Here's a link to an article about Uzee's recent talk at the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi. T...

Here are some shots of the lovely and talented Uzma Aslam Khan receiving her award at the Karachi Literary Festival last month. The French ...

Oh wait, I mean my new favorite band...

For reasons that I don't understand, I am unable to upload photos on Blogger these days. This has been going on for weeks, with the exce...

Well, that was a lame ass Super Bowl, wasn't it? The only silver lining is that the 35-point margin of victory for the Seahawks eclipses...

Lots of napping these days! In between, I'm catching up with some health-inducing bits of Hollywood wizardry... NEXT UP: Equilibrium ...

So, my recuperation continues apace, aided and abetted by numerous film "classics." Next up: Curse of the Werewolf (1961) Di...

So, the reason I haven't been doing much on this blog lately is that I’ve had some medical troubles, which are happily all resolved now....

Here's my not-very-scientific acknowledgment of some stuff I enjoyed a lot (or didn't) in 2013. Definitive? Hell no. Best book I r...

I've been absent from this blog for something like a month and a half, due to a perfect storm of external circumstances, including hecti...