If On the Edges of Vision were a whisky, it wouldn’t be one whisky but forty. This is because there are forty stories, all with the same basic ingredients, but each with their own character, influenced by a handful of factors in a hundred thousand combinations. Over at Monkeybicycle’s If My Book series, Helen McClory compares her […]
...morePlaying off of Jerry Seinfeld’s video series, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” The Morning News introduced a new column earlier this month called “Novelists in Restaurants Eating Food.” Roxane Gay offered up the first sampling, and this Wednesday, Jami Attenburg contributed the second, “Café de la Esquina.” Should there be doubts as to the genre of the review/not review, the editors […]
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Sean Carman reviews Dan Kennedy’s AMERICAN SPIRIT today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
...more“Confessional” poet Diana Salier (whom we love) confesses to misusing cafe space and more in this interview at Monkeybicycle. It’s basically a snapshot of that time in my life, which is kind of cool now when it feels so far away. It’s almost a nostalgia thing at this point. At the time I was reading a lot […]
...moreIt’s Monday morning, so here’s some links to some wonderful very short writing that made my day better and hopefully makes your day better too. Also, in a side note, I’m very sad to learn that > kill author will be closing down, but I’m excited to read the last issue on Wednesday. “My husband’s […]
...moreEvery couple weeks, I present some very short stories or very short essays I like that will only take you a second to read but that made me feel something and hopefully will do the same for you. Here’s goes: ““Sit up! Pay attention!” Mrs. Swan’s voice rasps in the quiet room. “We’re talking about […]
...moreA couple of weeks ago, I ranted against a Wall Street Journal article that proclaimed “The Slush Pile is Dead.” The slush pile, for those who are unfamiliar, is the name for the large amount of unsolicited writing that’s submitted for publication to magazines and web sites. Part of the reason for my reaction to […]
...moreShort fiction is often spoken of in terms of genre, a genre of ephemeral writing that is erased from the mind as quickly as it was most likely written. But the fallacy in this is that genre presupposes a style and tendency. But short fiction doesn’t necessarily “tend” the way romance tends toward the quest, […]
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