Work:
Former managing editor, Night Train literary magazine.
Former writer for ABC News Multi-Media Literacy project.
Former crisis counselor at Pittsburgh Action Against Rape.

Radio and podcasts:
Podcast interview:
podcast discussion between me and Paul A. Toth re: truth and memoir
(find podcast #23, Feb. 1, 2006, then click on the mp3 link)

Interview, NPR (KRCB):
Listen to my NPR (KRCB) Interview, 2004 about the unique funding strategy used at Night Train literary magazine. (WARNING: this takes a couple of minutes to download; turn the sound up while you wait.)

Story reading, NPR (KRCB):
My Christmas story "The Kid Has a Letter for Santa" was read on National Public Radio (KRCB ) on Dec. 15 as part of a holiday special.

Interviews:
Eight Diagrams
The Publishing Spot
David Niall Wilson interviews me about my writing themes, my blog, and more
Mark Pritchard interviews me for his series called What Are You Working On?
Guest Speaker at BACKSPACE.
2004 Interview with SmokeLong Quarterly with comments on Googling
Another 2004 Interview with SmokeLong Quarterly with comments on my trip to China

Some Past Readings:
Cape Town, South Africa, Off-the-Wall, 2006 - with Liesl Jobson, Ken Barris, Mike Cope.
NYC, The Back Room, 2006 - with Pasha Malla, Pia Z. Ehrhardt, Grant Bailie, Jim Nichols, Roy Kesey, Darlin' Neal, Todd Zuniga, Gail Siegel, Kevin Dolgin, Claudia Smith, Lindsay Brandon Hunter.
NYC, Happy Ending bar, 2006 - with Bruce Bauman.
NYC, Happy Ending bar, 2005 - with Todd Zuniga, Pia Z. Ehrhardt, Rose Gowen, Jim Ruland, John Leary, Dave Barringer.
Petaluma, CA - Zebulon's Lounge, 2005 - with Michelle Richmond, Bruce Bauman, Dave Fromm, Jordan Rosenfeld
NYC - Galapagos Art Space, 2005 - with Felicia Sullivan and Whitney Pastorek
NYC - An Evening with Opium Magazine, 2005 - with Pasha Malla, Todd Zuniga, Mike Sacks, Pia Z. Ehrhardt
NYC - Cornelia Street Cafe, 2004 - with Todd Zuniga
Kings Park, NY, Union Square Tavern, 2004 - with John Warner, John Leary, Pia Z. Ehrhardt, Jeff Landon, Terry Bain, Paul A. Toth
PHILADELPHIA - 215 Festival, 2004 - with Michelle Orange, Samantha Hunt, Todd Pruzan, Pia Z. Ehrhardt, Jim Hanas, Leonard Pierce, Dan Kennedy

NIGHT TRAIN literary magazine in the NY TIMES
As managing editor of Night Train, and together with marketing manager Tom Jackson, we created a unique way to fund the magazine that received quite a lot of buzz. Here's an excerpt from a half-page article on our work in the NY Times:

KINGS PARK CATCHES THE IMAGINATION OF A LITERARY JOURNAL
By Julia C. Mead

Literary magazines are generally known for their stunning inability to turn a profit. Often proceeding with an optimistic lack of a business plan, their editors drum up just enough financial backing to publish a few times before the journal disappears, appreciated only by a small, rarefied and fickle audience.

Then there's Night Train, devoted to keeping alive the waning art of short-story writing through a cunning marketing technique......

My favorite books at the moment:
Denis Johnson, Jesus' Son, Tim O`Brien, The Things They Carried, Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, William Maxwell, So Long, See You Tomorrow, Jim Daniels, Detroit Tales, Homer (Fagles translation), The Iliad, and Aimee Bender, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt.

My soccer team (some of them):
me, Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night, Kathy, Mr. Henderson, Kenny Machin