For those of you who like to read books, or who like to see what I'm doing sometimes, the American Literary Review (where I'm assistant fiction editor) is doing a summer book club on their blog.  I am kind of de facto in charge.  Check it: americanliteraryreview.blogspot.com

Q+A with a freshman English class

A good friend of mine taught my novel in his freshman comp class at Purdue this spring, and I recently did a Q+A with his students.  Topics include Apathy and Paying Rent (it's a little spoilery, but nothing that big), why you shouldn't be a writer, the postmodern nature of mixtapes, how Chuck Palahniuk ruined writing in general and mine in particular, and what I had for dinner last night.  If you're interested at all, here it is:

http://eng106spring2010.wordpress.com/2010/04/30/qa-with-zach-vandezande-author-of-apathy-and-paying-rent/