Things to Do in Denver When You’re Braindead: An AWP Retrospective
1. Award George Saunders the Nobel Prize in Decency Have you ever met a single reader or writer who does not worship George Saunders? You have not. You have not…
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Vonnegut’s Blackboard
“Kurt Vonnegut at the Blackboard” (remember those?) over at Lapham’s Quarterly. Vonnegut on Cinderella:
The Ethicist and the eBook
With publishers delaying e-book releases to encourage hardcover, real-book sales, what is the new and hip Kindle consumer to do? What if you buy the hardcover, and then pirate an…
The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
This week, we’ve got some pretty excellent reviews, a “Super Hot Prof-on-Student Word Sex” interview, and an essay that must not be missed. Come check it out.
The Resistance of Memory
Ander Monson attempts to move beyond “the singular authority of ‘I’ in nonfiction,” exploring new possibilities for the memoir form.
Rock and Roll
“With most of the shit that I write and put out there, it’s my hope that it gives readers the freedom to be really honest about their obsessions, to talk…
Mud Luscious Bookmark Contest
Have your work published on a bookmark. Mud Luscious Press, publisher of delectable pocket-size chapbooks and novellas from bright young writers, recently announced its bookmark contest. Regular readers know that…
Memories of Ice and Fire
Aydin Aghdashloo is an Iranian painter, author, art critic, art historian, and graphic designer. You can read more about him and view many more paintings at his website. Also see…
Hannah Edber: The Last Book I Loved, Asterios Polyp
Art and life seem to intersect at my alarming weakness for the archetypal dissatisfied middle-aged American male. In countless viewings, I’ve watched reverently as Annie Hall’s Alvie Singer mutters and…
Money, Schools and Sex
Thanks to Bloomberg.com, we now know how much Chad Harbach, the “Unemployed Harvard Man,” made on the sale of his novel, and how many copies of The Art of Fielding…
Celebrate The Anniversary Of A Wonderful Book
There is nothing quite like reading Little, Big, John Crowley’s epic and elegantly subtle fantasy novel about a New England family and their mystifying relationship with the Fairy World. In…
Faith in Withheld Meanings
What do nuclear waste, suicide, and Las Vegas have in common? John D’Agata searches for meaning in the heart of Yucca Mountain