The Gothic Horror of the Fourth Trimester: Talking with Julia Fine
Julia Fine discusses her new novel, THE UPSTAIRS HOUSE.
...moreJulia Fine discusses her new novel, THE UPSTAIRS HOUSE.
...moreIn deep grief, we rotate inside of a funhouse.
...moreI exist in a field of landmines, never quite sure when one will go off or why.
...moreTheodore Wheeler discusses his new novel, IN OUR OTHER LIVES.
...moreThe ground trembles, setting his flesh and bones vibrating.
...moreBut Griner is too skilled a realist to allow The Book of Otto and Liam to become a simple revenge story.
...moreIn short, lightness is the capacity to leave without regret.
...moreShe wanted more, but couldn’t fathom releasing what she already had.
...moreJennifer Pashley discusses her new novel, THE WATCHER.
...moreSomething new in the dead darkness. Short days and shimmers of light.
...moreEverything old felt far away; everything new felt exhilarating.
...moreDeesha Philyaw discusses her debut story collection, THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
...moreI want to see myself as a whole person.
...moreMeredith Clark discusses her debut lyric memoir, LYREBIRD.
...moreIf you’re going to Hell, bring a good guide.
...moreTo be a woman in this world is to be adopted by other women.
...moreI was finally going to fit in in this foreign country.
...moreBefore they were married, they met in a photograph.
...moreThere was a right way and a wrong way to do things, and those shoes were wrong.
...moreJudith H. Montgomery discusses her latest poetry collection, MERCY.
...moreMaggie Smith discusses her new book, KEEP MOVING.
...moreIt was strange what the nudity did to us—what the nakedness undid.
...moreThat was when she realized: the ticking was coming from inside herself.
...morePatsy’s imagined freedom in America, she discovers almost immediately, was an illusion.
...moreIt’s hard to see what isn’t there.
...moreThe hit below the belt worked. A jab like that was the quickest way to protect one’s denial.
...moreSome people say dreams are a glimpse into an alternate reality.
...moreRaven Leilani discusses her debut novel, LUSTER.
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