The Millions
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A PEEK INSIDE ZADIE SMITH’S NEW NOVEL
The Millions has excerpted the first lines of Zadie Smith’s forthcoming novel NW. Set in northwest London, this book is Smith’s first novel since the publication of On Beauty in 2005. NW will be released this September.
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“This is where we must dig”
At The Millions, Jessica Gross reviews Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed’s forthcoming collection of Dear Sugar columns. “Sugar forces us to swallow sometimes painful realizations about what we want, who we are, and what we therefore must do — or,…
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We Love You Back, The Millions
We’ve always loved The Millions, but when they gave our redesign a shout-out, and described us as “everyone’s favorite scrappy San Francisco literary web site,” we swooned. So the secret’s out: Call us “scrappy” and we’ll fall hard for you.
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Rejection Practice
“The Rejection Generator rejects writers before an editor looks at a submission. Inspired by psychological research showing that after people experience pain they are less afraid of it in the future, The Rejection Generator helps writers take the pain out…
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Fires of Our Own Choosing
The Millions interviews Eugene Cross about the role of violence in his writing, being pulled away from home, running a creative writing workshop for refugees, and his debut story collection, Fires of Our Own Choosing. “There are fires (obviously), drownings,…
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Edith Pearlman Interview
Edith Pearlman’s interview over at The Millions is worth a gander whether your familiar with the author of recent collection, Binocular Vision, or just becoming acquainted. The interview includes ambling thoughts on Pearlman’s work and interests, and includes mention of…
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Previously Unpublished
The forthcoming paperback edition of David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King contains four previously unpublished scenes. The Millions shares the full text of one of those additional scenes.
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The Blurb
At The Millions, Alan Levinovitz provides us with a brief history of blurbs, touching on their propensity for hyperbole, fakery, and shameless cronyism. “When did this circus get started? It’s tempting to look back no further than the origins of…
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The City in Words
“They say fiction requires conflict; well, when New York was a war of all against all, you had all the conflict you could handle any time you put your feet on the street.” At The Millions, Madison Smartt Bell reflects…
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The NBAs and Spinach
At The Millions, Sonya Chung responds to Laura Miller’s argument that the National Book Awards have become “the spinach of literary awards.” Chung advocates for having different awards with distinct selection processes and a reading public that absorbs an array…
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Social Network Library
A new social networking site allows you to share snippets from longer pieces (so long as the source is electronic). With the help of a bookmarklet installed in your browser, text-sharing can be completed at the click of a button.…
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Helen DeWitt’s Satire
This Millions piece breaks down Helen DeWitt’s latest novel, Lighting Rods, finding genius “in the details.” Reflecting on the unique techniques and difficulties of the satirical tradition, the review applauds Dewitt’s navigation of “the gap between messy reality and the…