Nothing New Under the Sun: The Russian Formalists’ Guide to Prose Craft
With a fixation on abstract novelty, our students call to us from a crowded space of so many like tales and so much pressure to spit out some shiny new thing.
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Joshua Keller
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D A Powell's books include Repast and Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys. He received the 2019 John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. He teaches at University of San Francisco.
A General Truth Through a Particular Lie: An Interview with the Creators of the Podcast Penknife
I personally find this myth of authenticity extremely insidious and damaging, because it often leads to purity tests and the constant need to prove one’s cred . . . rather than leading to constructive thought and action—