John McNulty is one of the lost treasures of American literature, a legendary rewrite man, a chronicler of life in and around the Irish pubs that thrived in the shadow of New York's elevated railway, a humorist of exquisite taste and gentleness, a dialectician without peer, a classic storyteller.

The McNulty Project aims to re-create John McNulty's style and gentle humor in a semi-fictional memoir set in Iola, Wisconsin, in the late 1980s and early '90s. In addition, The McNulty Project features biographical sketches of McNulty and excerpts from his best stories.

Dive in anywhere -- but if you're interested in the blog, you'd best start with "This Place Where I Work." Enjoy.

-- Kit Kiefer