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Hurricane Katrina was a touchstone moment in my life. I still think I could have done more and should have. I was only an hour away from...
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toby leBlanc
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A little more color to this Cajun
Raised on Bayous and Boudin, educated by Bengals, and now clad in Boots, my writing finds it's Bearing in the South. All opinions and random thoughts are my own.
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If the dead end moves not once, but twice, shouldn’t that make it twice the party?
Chuck, "The End of the World Bar," Soaked
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Contests and Publications
Dark Roux, Unsolicited Press, 2022
Hidden River Arts, Hawk Mountain Short Story Collection ~ Semi- Finalist
Faulkner Wisdom-Words Competition ~ Finalist
Black Lawrence Press, The Hudson Prize ~ Semi-Finalist
Texas Review Press, George Garrett Fiction Prize ~ Finalist
Leapfrog Press, Fiction Prize ~ Longlisted
The Writing District, Monthly Winner ~ https://thewritingdistrict.com/november-2018-winner/
Barrelhouse Magazine, Special Villains Issue ~ https://www.barrelhousemag.com/onlinelit/2018/10/7/the-same
Deep South Magazine ~ https://deepsouthmag.com/2018/08/30/the-end-of-the-world-bar/
Coffin Bell Journal, Issue 1.3 ~ https://coffinbell.com/sidewalks-and-bridges/
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Top 20 Highlights of AWP
20. Mountains. With Snow. 19. The brand new Seattle Summit Convention Center building is G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S. 18. Seattle weather. Yes I know...
Caricaturized again
The image to the left is a good representation of the audio sample I heard for Dark Roux (launched 3/2). It's innocent enough, seeing...
Lundi Gras
The sweet agony of anticipation is what makes everything worth it. Watching those food videos where they cut the steak is better than...
Book Giveaway!
It is DARK ROUX's 6 month birthday! I want to give away a copy to you by pulling your name out of this top hat. To enter for a free copy...
Mardi Gras Nostalgia
Things that make me nostalgic during Mardi Gras season: Cheap plastic beads The knife stays in the King Cake Box! Any song by Professor...
Hyper-local
I love that term, hyper-local. As if local was not close enough. So much of my writing is focused on regional community. I like writing...
A continuation of the new me
I find resolutions are an exercise in disappointment. But, several years ago I was out on New Year's Eve with my wife and some friends...
Human Nature vs. Human Being
When I was at LSU I was obsessed with getting a better understanding of human nature. I used up my elective credits taking philosophy,...
The Cajun Way
This weekend one of my literary dreams meets my culinary dreams. On Saturday I will show up at Reverie Books in South Austin to sign...
Season of Gratitude
Touts mes amis! It's been so long since we talked! Today I want you to see in written words how unbelievably grateful I am for what's...
Reed's Revolution
A week ago, when I grabbed my phone at 1230AM because I couldn't sleep, I fully expected to fall into a Tik Tok hole and be up for...
Found in Translation
Y'all need to tune into https://www.krvs.org/show/bonjour-louisiane-on-krvs . I have been listening on the way to work and it has been a...
Dreaming of hope instead of horror
In a previous post I talked about a piece I am working on set in Antarctica post two degrees of warming. Since then I have been reading...
If Cane Could Talk
Check out my recent review of If Cane Could Talk on Goodreads. It is a solid companion to Dark Roux, giving much more of the political...
Ownership bankruptcy
The above is an excerpt from Barry Lopez’s Horizon. It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book which felt as if it were speaking from...
Avengers, Assemble!
I know I've been posting a lot about whiteness. As I'm approaching the pub date for Dark Roux, I'm thinking more and more about scenes in...
Into Nothing
"Whiteness, alone, is mute, meaningless, unfathomable, pointless, frozen, veiled, curtained, dreaded, senseless, implacable. Or so our...
It's sooner than you think
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