Indiana Anomie: Budi Darma’s People from Bloomington
a portrait of the American tendency to keep the suffering of others at arm’s length as if misfortune were contagious, or to ruthlessly eliminate it entirely
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...moreThe reason why so many of these stories have metafictional elements is that I was trying to write in an ethical way while feeling like a professional liar.
...moreAn interview with Kim Fu about writing the collection Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century.
...moreMegan Stielstra discusses her recently rereleased books EVERYONE REMAIN CALM and ONCE I WAS COOL.
...moreDeesha Philyaw discusses her debut story collection, THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
...moreSocial and economic forces are always pressing on the characters in Wang’s work.
...moreI realized that I’m interested in how people change when something terrible happens to someone else.
...moreLiz Prato talks about her debut story collection, Baby’s on Fire, why she enjoys the process of revision, and what the phrase “literary citizenship” means to her.
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