Indian-American-French novelist and kathak dance aficionada. 8220;FAINT PROMISE OF RAIN is a gorgeous book, a story that is at once spare and lush, wrenching and restoring. The characters are so fully realized, so keenly nuanced, that they linger with you long after the last page, like the sweet smell of a recent storm. Bret Anthony Johnston, Director of Creative Writing, Harvard University, and author of Remember Me Like This.

Welcome to Ashland Creek Press. Ashland Creek Press book buzz. Congratulations to Jennifer Caloyeras, whose novel Strays. Is on this list of must-read California books.

Tell Us Your Good News. Get weekend and one-day tickets! On Breaking the Rules that Taught Us. Presenters will be letting loose on the writing rules that have held our manuscripts hostage for far too long.

FLOAT, is published by. Q and A about FLOAT. Read about JoeAnn at the International Literature Festival Berlin. To help support independent publishing, Float. May be purchased directly from Ashland Creek Press. An on-line journal that explores non-traditional perspectives of the physical world.

Four women share how they create their unique literary lives. Monday, January 12, 2009. Our posts on forming, maintaining, and making the best use of a group can be found in the archives and will remain there as a resource. Posted by Lynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnon. Monday, December 22, 2008. Take a warm cozy moment or two to read;.

Tuesday, January 09, 2007. Alternatives to Sex - Stephen McCauley. Confessions of a Memory Eater - Pagan Kennedy. Eat the Document - Dana Spiotta. Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls. Juniper Tree Burning - Goldberry Long.