https://andrewgretes.com/writing/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rightbanner2.jpgRightBanner2https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rightbanner.jpgRightBannerhttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/possible-side-banner-or-pic.jpgpossible side banner or pichttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-86.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-84.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-82.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/nonfiction-poetry-website.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/novel-title-website.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/novel-website.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cropped-cropped-cropped-m-21.jpgcropped-cropped-cropped-m-21.jpg2022-08-30T19:16:41+00:00weekly0.6https://andrewgretes.com/shortfiction/2022-08-30T19:14:53+00:00weekly0.6https://andrewgretes.com/2020/08/12/semifinalist-for-carve-short-story-contest-2020/2020-08-12T20:57:57+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/portfolio/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screenshot-53-e1595297609478.pngThe Stairway to Hellhttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/saroyan_release.jpgsaroyan_release2020-07-21T02:44:52+00:00weekly0.6https://andrewgretes.com/living-writers-i-adore/2020-06-08T15:34:01+00:00weekly0.6https://andrewgretes.com/2020/06/08/flash-piece-advanced-humor-is-anthologized-in-sonder-press-best-small-fictions-2019/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/02062bc5-27d4-406b-a8ec-7c291f57b16b.jpgBest Small Fictions 20192020-06-08T01:07:54+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2020/06/08/new-flash-piece-out-with-southampton-review-online/2020-06-08T00:56:19+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2018/03/14/awp-reading-with-grist/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/reading-at-awp.jpgreading at AWP2018-03-14T21:41:31+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2018/03/05/bergsons-time-machine/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/steve-pic-with-passages-north.jpgSteve pic with Passages North2018-03-05T02:24:19+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2017/09/12/language-in-trenches/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/3-ludwig-wittgenstein-1-dreizehn.jpg3-ludwig-wittgenstein-1-dreizehn2017-09-12T19:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/novels/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/photograph-21.jpghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/photograph-2.jpghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/poetry-website.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/nonfiction-website1.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/short-fiction-website1.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/nonfiction-website.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/short-fiction-website.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cropped-cropped-m.jpg2017-09-12T05:35:31+00:00weekly0.6https://andrewgretes.com/2017/03/13/george-saunders-on-editing/2017-09-12T05:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2017/03/13/laughter-as-editor/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ha-ha.pngha ha2017-09-12T04:48:27+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/sample-teaching-artifacts/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screenshot-11.pngScreenshot (11)https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1338212_30238506.jpghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/zombies-vaccinated.jpghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screenshot-6.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screenshot-4.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screenshot-31.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screenshot-3.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screenshot-2.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screenshot-1.pnghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cartoonpenguinlogic1.pngcartoonpenguinlogic12017-09-12T04:23:37+00:00weekly0.6https://andrewgretes.com/contact/2017-09-10T22:55:29+00:00weekly0.6https://andrewgretes.com/blog/2017-09-10T03:28:16+00:00weekly0.6https://andrewgretes.com/1204-2/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/contact-take-2.jpghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/news-take-2.jpghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bio-take-2.jpghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/writing-take-2.jpghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/phone-booth-set.jpghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/news-events-set.jpghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bio-set.jpghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/writing-set.jpghttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/scottish-storytelling-centre-21.jpg2017-09-10T03:26:02+00:00weekly0.6https://andrewgretes.com/nonfiction/2017-08-19T18:02:23+00:00weekly0.6https://andrewgretes.com/2016/09/21/new-flash-fiction-published-in-smokelong/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gretes_53.jpggretes_532016-09-21T03:45:31+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2016/09/16/color-thesaurus/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/compiled-color-thesaurus-long-horizontal-1024x242.jpgcompiled-color-thesaurus-long-horizontal-1024x2422016-09-16T19:11:32+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/poetry/2016-03-11T03:42:19+00:00weekly0.6https://andrewgretes.com/2016/02/20/extensive-folktext-resource/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/barbebleue.jpgBarbebleue2016-02-20T07:33:26+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2015/03/26/the-1001-nights-podcast/2016-02-20T07:11:12+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2015/05/08/the-case-of-the-serial-luddite-5/2016-02-20T07:09:05+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2015/10/25/the-scottish-storytelling-centre-and-t-bones/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/t-bones-book-in-regioinal-section.jpgT-Bones (book in regioinal section)https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/scottish-storytelling-centre.jpgScottish Storytelling Centre2016-02-20T07:07:51+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2016/01/09/thresholds-published-in-latest-issue-of-menda-city-review/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/rumpelstiltskin-crane1886.jpgRumpelstiltskin-Crane18862016-02-20T07:06:39+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2015/12/16/new-fiction-christmas-book-tree/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/4412636992_d08349fea6_o-e1449737607509-768x463.jpg4412636992_d08349fea6_o-e1449737607509-768x463https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/christmas-tree-book.jpgChristmas Tree (Book)2016-02-20T07:04:11+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2016/01/18/new-fiction-mark-keats-and-nonfiction-todd-gray/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2acfcd5c6ed3ffc70d2dc4c460a7c758.jpg2acfcd5c6ed3ffc70d2dc4c460a7c758https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/e9cc9e2f1bcead39c77f7e523a7a4a05.jpge9cc9e2f1bcead39c77f7e523a7a4a05https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/winter_boiler.pngwinter_boiler2016-02-20T06:42:44+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/links/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ssc-logo-white.pngssc logo whitehttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/story91.jpgstory91https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/b5b4774f85b5509e5ddd96e9a1487f4b.gifb5b4774f85b5509e5ddd96e9a1487f4b2016-01-20T04:33:40+00:00weekly0.6https://andrewgretes.com/832-2/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/how-to-dispose-of-dead-elephants-book-cover-design-andrew-gretes.jpgHow to Dispose of Dead Elephants (Book Cover design, Andrew Gretes)https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/author-picture-andrew-gretes2.jpgAuthor picture (Andrew Gretes)https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/how-to-dispose-of-dead-elephants-book-cover-design.jpgHow to Dispose of Dead Elephants (Book Cover design)2016-01-20T04:21:43+00:00weekly0.6https://andrewgretes.com/2013/11/26/36/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/how-to-dispose-of-dead-elephants-book-cover-design1.jpgHow to Dispose of Dead Elephants (Book Cover design)2015-12-15T03:24:54+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2014/03/03/awp-conference/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mark-arielle-and-i.jpgMark, Arielle, and IMark Keats, Arielle Bernstein, and I at the first Starbucks in Seattle! (on a side note, the distance between Mark and I is not metaphorical - he's making room for the sign in the back... I think...)https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0609.jpgbook signing 2At the book signing with the wonderful Duncan Mays of Dufour Editions.https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0602.jpgThe Elliott Bay Book CompanyAt The Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, an awesome venue with equally awesome staff! Far off my beaten path, but makes me wish I lived in Seattle...2015-12-15T03:24:15+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2014/03/13/celebrate-small-press-month/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/indie-publishers.jpgIndie PublishersDoing a X at Polt2015-12-15T03:23:19+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2014/03/20/first-day-of-spring/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/basho-pic-riding.jpgBasho (pic, riding)2015-12-15T03:21:58+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2014/03/26/shaken-not-stirred-epilepsy-as-inspiration/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dostoevsky.jpgdostoevskyDostoevsky is one of the more famous examples of an author who both had and wrote about epilepsy. My original inspiration of choosing temporal lobe epilepsy for my own protagonist, Stubb, was due to this being the type of epilepsy which Dostoevsky himself had.2015-12-15T03:19:11+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2014/04/08/official-release-date-debut-novel-available/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/51f3ugm8s0l.jpg51f3uGM8S0L2015-12-15T03:18:09+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2014/05/16/reading-at-nvcc-with-fellow-authorteacher-amanda-holmes/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gretes-duffy-reading-at-nova.jpgGretes, Duffy reading at NOVA2015-12-15T03:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2014/05/28/world-literature-today/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/may14cover_thumb_rgb.jpgmay14cover_thumb_rgb2015-12-15T03:15:26+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2014/06/14/ode-to-zorba-piece-narrated-on-john-kings-podcast-the-drunken-odyssey/2015-12-15T03:14:34+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2014/08/05/capitol-hill-books/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/fiction-room-sign-2.jpgFiction Room (sign) (2)https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/fiction-room-sign.jpgFiction Room (sign)2022-12-29T07:38:29+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2014/10/05/poem-published-in-sediments-literary-arts-journal/2015-12-15T03:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2014/11/03/excerpt-of-the-novel-published-in-witness/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/873b0-looking-under-the-bed.jpg873b0-looking-under-the-bed2015-12-15T03:11:14+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/2015/01/30/story-behind-the-story/2015-12-15T03:09:02+00:00monthlyhttps://andrewgretes.com/celebrating-independent-bookstores-the-will-to-books/https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/capitol-hill-books-will-to-books.jpgCapitol Hill Books (Will to Books)Posing in front of Capitol Hill Books, a bibliophile's agoraphobic's wet dream! If you're in D.C.'s Easter Market, don't pass up the opportunity to hit up this indie used bookstore: every inch of the establishment (including the bathroom) is cluttered with books. https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/busboys-and-poets-the-will-to-books.jpgBusboys and PoetsAt Busboys and Poets, a fantastic local bookstore/eatery in D.C. which gets it's name from the fact that Langston Hughes once worked in D.C. for a time as a busboy before (well, you know) becoming a poet. The venue is incredibly supportive and affordable - if you're around 14th Street, check it out!https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/one-more-page-and-books.jpgOne More Page BooksTaking a pit stop at One More Page Books, a cute gnostic nook located in the Arlington/Falls Church area which stresses bringing the community together through books, wine, and chocolate - hard to argue with that! If you're in the area, stop by!https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/black-swan-books-and-music.jpgBlack Swan Books and MusicBuying a record from Black Swan Books and Music, an indie bookstore in Staunton, Virginia which combines a quality selection of literature with some awesome albums (e.g., the record in my hands: Donny Hathaway's last album Extensions of a Man). If you're in Staunton visiting the Blackfriars Playhouse, take some time after the show to peruse the Black Swan!https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kramerbooks-and-afterwords.jpgKramerbooks and Afterwords CafeAt Kramerbooks and Afterwords Cafe, an indie bookstore in D.C. which is especially close to my heart, for it's where my wife and I shared veggie chili on one of our first dates! But besides having an excellent cafe, Kramerbooks is stocked with https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/politics-and-prose.jpgPolitics and ProsePosing in front of Politics and Prose, one of the premier D.C. indie bookstoreshttps://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/red-emmas.jpgRed Emma'sLoitering the entrance of Red Emma's Bookstore, which is https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/atomic-books.jpgAtomic BooksAtomic Books is a wonderful indie bookstore in Baltimore with a comic book slant.https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/powells-books1.jpgPowell's BooksPowell's Books is one of those book mecca's every bibliophile will have to visit at least once in their life. It's like a mall that only sells books (i.e., the coolest mall ever). One of my good friends (after his own pilgrimage), brought me back this thermos from Powell's. The bottle measures not in liters but in philosophers: Plato apparently being a sip while Foucault is a quaff. If you're in Portland or buying books online, visit Powell's!https://andrewgretes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/powells-books.jpgPowell's BooksPowell's Books is one of those book mecca's every bibliophile will have to visit at least once in their life. It's like a mall that only sells books (i.e., the coolest mall ever). One of my good friends (after his own pilgrimage), brought me back this thermos from Powell's. The bottle measures not in liters but in philosophers: Plato apparently being a sip while Foucault is a quaff. If you're in Portland or buying books online, visit Powell's!2015-12-14T00:58:57+00:00weekly0.6https://andrewgretes.comdaily1.02022-12-29T07:38:29+00:00