The “Waiting for the Phone Guy” Roundup

Wi-fi is in rather abundant supply in the new pad. Alas, I dare not leave for coffee. Phone guys are rather finicky. They give you a three hour block. You leave for two minutes. They never come back.
Haggis is excerpting A.M. Homes. On a similar note (and capsule still forthcoming), don’t miss this revealing A.M. Homes interview on Segundo.
While it’s certainly true that writing sometimes pays at sweatshop levels, was there any need to turn it into an export processing zone? As Bill Peschel reveals, this selfsame exploiter also trumpets her own achievements as a freelancer. Or is that freeloader?
The difference between bullshit and humbug. (via Books Inq.)
Litbloggers found in school library. (via Bookshelves of Doom)
Stephen Dixon profiled.
The Encyclopedia Britannica? Maggots, all of them. (via Scott)
Massacres at the Chron.
David Ulin has details on Jim Crace’s Useless America.
“How to Talk Mean and Influence People” (via Kenyon Review)
“Transitory Cities” — the winner of the Boston Review short story contest. (via Laila)
Phone guy’s here. More later.

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