The Price of Acceptance
I knew my mother would be surprised. I didn’t know she’d be horrified.
...moreI knew my mother would be surprised. I didn’t know she’d be horrified.
...moreBilly-Ray Belcourt discusses his new book, A HISTORY OF MY BRIEF BODY.
...moreErin Pringle discusses her debut novel, HEZADA! I MISS YOU.
...more“This reality is so much dustier, smellier, and bitterer than it seems through a screen.”
...moreGarth Greenwell discusses his new book, CLEANNESS.
...more“It’s cruel to not say, I see you. I know you exist.”
...moreAndrea Lawlor discusses PAUL TAKES THE FORM OF A MORTAL GIRL.
...more“I’ve always loved collaboration. It was so exciting, because I love the energy. ”
...moreK Chess discusses her debut novel, FAMOUS MEN WHO NEVER LIVED.
...moreAuthor Laura Pritchett discusses her two most recent books, death, sex, and being rural in modern America.
...moreJasmine Guillory discusses her debut novel, The Wedding Date, finding success, writing sex, and the revolutionary act of eating.
...moreDown the steps of the second-story apartment above the hearse garage and across the alley was the library.
...moreSonali Dev talks about her latest novel, A Change of Heart, the romance genre, writing non-white characters, and the parallels between writing and architectural design.
...morePaula Whyman discusses her debut collection You May See a Stranger, discovering truth in fiction, and how memory interferes with good storytelling.
...moreAre sex scenes in books always bad? At The Millions, Drew Nellis Smith muses on poorly written depictions of passion, why authors so often leave out the messier details, and his own attempts to get it right: I’m no different than anyone else who has waded into this treacherous territory. I’m quite happy with my sex scenes. […]
...moreCarmiel Banasky, Alexandra Kleeman, and Matthew Salesses on their new novels, writing from a place of tension, and how our writing changes as we do.
...moreSex scenes in YA, the kind that (gulp) turn us on and make our cheeks flush and get our hearts racing, have never been more important than they are now. Stories that give protagonists flesh and bone and heart and all that goes with being in a body also give us a portrait of sexual […]
...moreGive us the reddened stubble in the crease of a debutante’s groin, or the minute trembling of a banker’s underlip.
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