Salvatore Pane is a writer based in Pittsburgh, PA. His fiction has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Quick Fiction, Weave, We Are Champion, Corium Magazine and others. His debut graphic novel, The Black List, will see publication later this year from Arcana Comics. He blogs at www.salvatore-pane.com.
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“Before I started publishing books, I wrote dedications only in the ones I bought to give as gifts to people I knew. Then one day I suddenly found myself signing…
The John Updike Society will hold the Inaugural John Updike Conference later this fall in Reading, Pennsylvania. Who’s on the guest list, you ask? According to Jacket Copy: “Acclaimed writer…