Claiming Space: A Conversation with Elizabeth Crane
Elizabeth Crane discusses her latest collection, Turf, how where she has lived has shaped her work, and why she loves writing in first-person plural.
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Posts Tagged: apocalypses
This Is The End, Beautiful Friend
The rapture may have been a bust, but our obsession with the apocalypse shows no signs of letting up. NPR’s Jason Heller explains why post-apocalyptic fiction will stand the test of time: The world feels more precariously perched on the lip of the abyss than ever, and facing those fears through fiction helps us deal […]
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Partially due to anti-porn Internet filters, the Canadian magazine The Beaver is changing its name. (via Silliman) The end was near, and now it is near, and damn it, why won’t it just get here already. The Guardian writes on the history of apocalypses. Loredo, Texas no longer has a bookstore. (via The Millions) “My work’s […]
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