Publications
SHORT STORIES:
Amuse Bouche
Gargoyle
Forthcoming, Issue 56, 2010
Red
Barrelhouse (online)
October 17, 2008.
Listed as Notable in 2009 Best American Nonrequired Reading.
How’s My Driving?
Pindeldyboz (online)
April 14, 2008.
Graffiti
Fourteen Hills
Vol. 14, No. 1, 2008, pp. 9-18.
Kin
American Literary Review
Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Fall 2007, pp. 47-60.
Accident
The MacGuffin
Vol. XXIII, No. 3, Spring/Summer 2007, pp. 112-118.
Found Objects A-Z
Beloit Fiction Journal
Vol. 20, Spring 2007, pp. 59-75.
Old People Sitting in Their Cars
Fugue
No. 32, Winter-Spring 2007, pp. 87-92.
Confession
Potomac Review
Issue 41, Fall 2006, pp. 137-148.
ENTERTAINMENT BLOG POSTS (at Pop Matters):
The Marriage Ref: NBC’s Next 10 p.m. Revolution?, March 4 2010
24: Wish Fulfillment for Policy Wonks, February 22, 2010
Tonight on the Lifetime Very Special Movie: American Idol, Feb. 9, 2010
All in the Modern Family, February 5, 2010
CliffsNotes: Lost, January 28, 2010
American Idol: Coming Out of the Closet with Ellen DeGeneres, Jan. 11, 2010
Get Your DVRs Ready: Five Shows Returning in 2010, Dec. 30, 2009
Memo to Scrubs: Spin Off Ted and Gooch, Dec. 16, 2009
Is Glee a Little Bit Racist?, Dec. 9, 2009
Holding Out for Heroes, Dec. 2, 2009
Larry David Invents the Reunion Show Finale Do-Over Mash-Up, Nov. 23, 2009
FOREIGN POLICY BLOG POSTS (at Across The Aisle):
Cuba
- Is Cuba Worth It?, April 13, 2009
- Cuba Libre III: WAITING FOR GO … RBACHEV, September 1, 2008
- Cuba Libre: What If Castro Didn’t Matter?, August 29, 2008
U.S. in the World
- Moral Hazard and the Olive Branch, March 16, 2009
- Renewing the U.S.-UN Relationship, November 20, 2008
Bipartisanship
- The Idiot’s Guide to Bipartisanship for Dummies, February 13, 2009
Nonproliferation
- Advice for the WMD Coordinator, February 2, 2009
- Memo to the UN: A Little Disarmament Diplomacy, Please, November 10, 2008
Syria
- Want Middle East peace? Next stop: Damascus, January 5, 2009
Iran
- Should We Engage Iran Out of the NPT?, December 3, 2009
- The Day After: Iran and the Bomb, December 8, 2008
- Pigeons and Paranoia, October 22, 2008
- Welcome to Embassy Tehran (more or less), September 19, 2008
North Korea
- DPRK: China Loves Me, China Loves Me Not, June 8, 2009
- DPRK-ja-vu, all over again, October 3, 2008
Burma
- Is Burma Obama’s Real Test, May 25, 2009
ON WRITING (at Potomac Review Blog):
Taking Time to Talk about Time part 1, part 2
REALLY RANDOM STUFF:
AP article about the Woolworth’s lunch counter protests
Article about why tortillas taste good.
What is this “internet” of which you speak?
AP article about the White House Easter Egg Hunt, circa 1995

Michael Landweber writes literary fiction that many find oddly compelling. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife and two children, who tolerate him. His stories have appeared in Pindeldyboz, Fourteen Hills, Barrelhouse, American Literary Review, Fugue and some other places. He is an Associate Editor at the Potomac Review and the Associate Director of a non-profit organization. He likes titles with the word “Associate” in them. He can also be found blogging about TV and other fun stuff at Pop Matters.