Notable Online: 8/8–8/14
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Posts Tagged: Megan Abbott
Notable Online: 8/30–9/5
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable Online: 5/17–5/23
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable Online: 4/26–5/2
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable Online: 4/19–4/25
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable Online: 3/28–4/3
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable NYC: 9/14–9/20
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Notable Los Angeles: 7/23–7/29
Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
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Notable NYC: 7/14–7/20
Literary events in and around New York City this week!
...moreNotable NYC: 12/16–12/22
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
...moreNotable NYC: 11/11–11/17
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
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What to Read When It’s Time for Sports
Just a “heads up” (as they say in the sports world): this isn’t your average sports list.
...moreNotable NYC: 2/18–2/24
Saturday 2/18: Ryan Dobran and Wendy Letterman join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Kristen Gallagher and Ed Steck celebrate new books from Skeleton Man Press. The Glove, 6 p.m., free. Sunday 2/19: Elizabeth Hall and Melissa Buzzeo read poetry. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 6:30 p.m., free. Monday 2/20: Not My President’s Day march. Columbus […]
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The Rumpus Interview with Steph Cha
Steph Cha talks about her new novel, Beware Beware, writing compelling and complex Korean American characters, and what reading a book has in common with a level in a video game.
...moreThis Week in Short Fiction
Let’s dedicate this week to the publications, editors, and benevolent marketing gurus who unleashed a whole bunch of quality FREE short fiction to us. Under the shadow of the FCC’s impending decision as to whether or not net neutrality will continue, these all-you-can-read buffets taste even sweeter. Read on for one potential menu of all […]
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The Rumpus Interview with Kelly Braffet and Lisa Lutz
Megan Abbott convenes a virtual roundtable with writers Kelly Braffet and Lisa Lutz to tackle whether we’re in a post-genre literary world, and discuss, among other things, bank heists, bitch-slapping, and French rats.
...more“Literary Criminal”
Interrogating the reluctance to further qualify crime writing, this Millions piece hones in on Megan Abbott. The essay explores Abbott’s protagonists, prose, and grasp of the human condition, arguing, “If such finesse can’t also be called “literary,” it’s outright criminal.”
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