“Age 21: Small Fires”

Isaac Fitzgerald bio ↓ · February 16th, 2010 · filed under books

“I write a creative senior thesis, five short stories. I name it Small Fires. There’s a collection of poetry by Raymond Carver called Fires. These are smaller ones, I guess.”

Rumpus contributor Eric Puchner, author of today’s essay about titling your work, shares the moments in his literary life that brought him to his debut novel, Model Home.

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Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and been given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. He has also written for The Bold Italic, McSweeney's, Mother Jones, and The San Francisco Chronicle. He is the managing editor of The Rumpus. Follow him on Twitter. More from this author →

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