At the Mercy of the Bat.

One of the first stops on the All Over tour was New York, and one of the first projects there was a sit-down with Ed Champion, he of the infamous Bat Segundo Show. Great questions over great sandwiches: a hard combination to beat. And the results are now up for your listening pleasure right here.

November 30, 2007, 1:14 p.m.Categories: Fiction Collections, History, Interviews

Mid-American Review

Good news for a cold day: a very nice review of All Over just showed up in the Fall 2007 issue of Mid-American Review, courtesy of Seth Fried.

November 9, 2007, 1:08 p.m.Categories: Fiction Collections, Review

Will Focus 580 AM

A very fun radio interview to start things off here in Champaign-Urbana, with David Inge of Will Focus 580 AM. You know the cough button that mutes your mike for as long as you press it down? For reasons I would be hard-pressed to explain, I love that button.

November 5, 2007, 12:37 p.m.Categories: China, Fiction Collections, History, Novellas

Los Angeles Times

And this is the sort of big one we were hoping for: David Ulin, the LA Times' book editor, really went to bat for All Over.

November 4, 2007, 11:13 p.m.Categories: Fiction Collections, Review