Andrew Heisel

  • Velva Darling: Girl Philosopher

    For Pictorial at Jezebel, Andrew Heisel presents a feature on Velva Darling, the “modern girl philosopher,” whose writing career sparked in the late 1920s and early 30s before she completely disappeared from the public eye.

  • The History of a Novel’s First Sentence

    The great first sentence is not just a step on the path to a story but its own self-sufficient enterprise. Is it so easy to extract because it was unnaturally grafted on in the first place? We all know the obvious…