Possibility Is Spellbinding: The Lightness by Emily Temple
In short, lightness is the capacity to leave without regret.
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Posts Tagged: Chloe Benjamin
Notable Los Angeles: 2/4–2/10
Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
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Notable Chicago: 2/1–2/7
Literary events in and around Chicago this week!
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Notable San Francisco: 7/11–7/17
Literary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
...moreNotable NYC: 1/20–1/26
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
...moreNotable Portland: 1/11–1/17
Literary events and readings in and around Portland this week!
...moreThe End Has a Start
I wasn’t sure that it was elegant, or even grammatically sound, but I did know it was just how my narrator—who spends the novel negotiating issues of privacy and voyeurism—would want the book to end. Grammatical or not, it was my last line, and I was sticking to it. Over at The Millions, Chloe Benjamin […]
...moreTitles are Hard
At The Millions, Chloe Benjamin talks to five authors about the process they used to name their books.
...moreWhat Dreams May Come
In a culture where everything is assigned a market value, imagination isn’t in high demand. Over at The Millions, Chloe Benjamin wonders why some of imagination’s most vivid manifestations—dreams and fiction—fall so low on our priority list: But in the absence of conclusive evidence, sleep’s utility—like that of fiction—is still in doubt. How much, in […]
...moreThe Books That Don’t Make It
“For every book I publish,” a writing teacher once told me, “there’s one book I don’t.” Over at The Millions, Chloe Benjamin talks to five writers about the unpublished novels they have tucked away in their drawers and what those works mean to them.
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