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Daniel Alarcón talks about his latest novel, At Night We Walk in Circles, drawing inspiration from Bolaño and Chekhov, the writer’s place of privilege, and the questions that arise from an imagined life that easily could have been.
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Catherine Brady reviews Edwidge Danticat’s CLAIRE OF THE SEA OF LIGHT today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
...more“The key is to remember a sex scene is a scene of dramatic action and psychological development. You need to pay attention to emotion and to a character’s self-awareness—or lack of self-awareness.”
...moreEric Puchner’s first novel exposes the faultlines and frustrations beneath the shining American dream.
...moreThe stories in Do Not Deny Me, Jean Thompson’s new collection, are concerned with main characters whose lives are scraped bare, who live in a world flattened by boredom and limitation.
...moreRead Catherine Brady’s interview with D.A. Powell here.
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