Cormac McCarthy Archives

Funny Women: Who’s the Man in a Lesbian Relationship? A Guide for Curious Straight People

Present a copy of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. Whoever puts it in their purse is the woman. Whoever pulls their own copy out of their pocket is Gertrude Stein.

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Solace in Writing About the End of the World: An Interview with Mike Meginnis

The most beautiful thing I can think of to do with one’s life is to write a novel, even as I feel really ambivalent about the utility of doing it, about the value to myself and to society and to my local community of having written a book.

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Inner Conversations Projected on a Surface: Bruno K. Öijer’s The Trilogy

A family’s grief traps generations in a search for insight.

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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Morowa Yejidé

Morowa Yejidé discusses her new novel, CREATURES OF PASSAGE.

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Swinging Modern Sounds #103: Song Turned Blue

I’m not writing confessionals; I’m trying to write hooks.

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The Spot You’re Standing In: A Conversation with Chris Dennis

Chris Dennis discusses his debut story collection, HERE IS WHAT YOU DO.

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The Thread: The Masked Man

What I know and don’t know about men matters. What men know and don’t know about themselves matters more.

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These Places Surround Me: Talking with Quintan Ana Wikswo

Quintan Ana Wikswo discusses her novel, A Long Curving Scar Where the Heart Should Be, delving into the facets of trauma, and her creative processes.

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FUNNY WOMEN: A Makeup Look for Nuclear Anxiety

[W]hat's more thrilling than making the world more beautiful one haggard, agitated face at a time?

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Living in the Realm of the Subconscious: Talking with Melissa Fraterrigo

Melissa Fraterrigo discusses her new novel-in-stories, Glory Days, writing speculative fiction, and how our formative years influence us later in life.

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