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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Christine Sneed

  • Floyd Skloot
  • August 28, 2016
Floyd Skloot interviews Christine Sneed about her latest story collection, The Virginity of Famous Men.
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The Literary Hustle

  • Ian MacAllen
  • April 5, 2016
Even after authors finish writing their book, they have plenty of work to do to promote it. With so many books and limited space in media outlets, the literary hustle…
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The Rumpus Interview with Elisabeth Egan

  • Yvonne Dutchover
  • November 13, 2015
Elisabeth Egan discusses her debut novel, A Window Opens, life as a book lover, workplace jargon, and the question we should ask ourselves in place of can we “have it all”.
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The Second Time Around

  • Ian MacAllen
  • December 29, 2014
2014 wasn’t just the year of the debut—plenty of authors released their second novel, often considered the most challenging for writers to write. Slate sat down with some second-time novelists…
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The Rumpus Interview with Robert Boswell

  • Alex Dueben
  • December 22, 2014
Robert Boswell talks about his new novel, Tumbledown, mental illness and counseling, and writing a novel in an unreliable but omniscient voice.
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Tweeting And Writing

  • Guia Cortassa
  • July 22, 2014
“I’m Working On My Novel” is Los Angeles-based artist Cory Arcangel’s latest project. Working with appropriation and social media, the artist handpicked and collected tweets from aspiring writers and novelists about…
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A Labor of Love

  • Serena Candelaria
  • December 31, 2013
In an essay in The Millions, Dominic Smith sets out to answer the question, “How many novelists are at work in America?” Despite panic about the death of the novel,…
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A Helpful Flowchart for All Aspiring Novelists

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • December 12, 2013
“Are you absolutely, positively, and wholeheartedly ready to publish your novel?” Then you’re gonna need this flowchart, created by Ryan Lewis and Anna Hurley for 826 National and highlighted by…
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Who Gets to Write the Review?

  • Sam Riley
  • July 28, 2011
“The book review page is an odd cultural territory, often inhabited by such hybrid creatures — unlike their contemporaries in other disciplines, where the lines between critic and artist are…
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Kerouac Joins Crew of Novelists

  • Mark Pritchard
  • February 25, 2009
Publishers Marketplace reports that Harpers has agreed to publish “The Sea is My Brother,” a “lost” novel by Jack Kerouac, written in 1942 and based on his experiences in the…
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