The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #122: Nathan Hill
"Write what you want to write, he said, and let other people deal with taxonomies."
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Really Good Fiction
Infinite Jest recently turned twenty, a birthday so momentous it merited a new edition of the tome for college students to display on their bedside tables. In light of the…
The Great American Novel(s)?
This idea — that one person, and only one person, in any given generation can possess the intellectual prowess, creative might, emotional intelligence and writing chops to produce a novel…
Mark Twain Still Popular…In China!
Did you know that Mark Twain is one of the best known foreign writers in China? Neither did we. There is a well earned, and unabashed image of Mark Twain…
Is the Great American Novel Still a Thing?
Adam Kirsch is breaking down the need for and the existence of the Great American Novel at Harvard Magazine: But of course, if the American Dream weren’t still alive, somewhere in…
The Greatest American Novel
The Millions “asked nine English scholars to choose one novel as the greatest our country has ever produced.” The results span a wide range subjects, authors, and time periods. Most you’ve…
Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrowers Sets Fire to Precedent
It seems that a woman may have written the next ‘Great American Novel.’ And male critics are freaking out about it.