Writing into the Unknown: A Conversation with Peter Ho Davies
A discussion with Peter Ho Davies to celebrate his new book, THE ART OF REVISION.
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Join NOW!A discussion with Peter Ho Davies to celebrate his new book, THE ART OF REVISION.
...moreSusan Nguyen discusses her debut poetry collection, DEAR DIASPORA.
...moreTo say the past is in the past ignores the abundant ways it controls their lived experience.
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...moreMatthew Salesses discusses his new novel, DISAPPEAR DOPPELGÄNGER DISAPPEAR.
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...moreJenny Boully discusses her new book, Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life, construction of voice, occupying liminal spaces, and editing with sincerity.
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...more“Nothing is ever one thing.”
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...moreJay Baron Nicorvo discusses his debut novel, The Standard Grand, how easy it is for civilians to forget about soldiers and veterans, and his longstanding love of animals.
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...moreViet Than Nguyen discusses his story collection The Refugees, growing up in a Vietnamese community in San Jose in the 1980s, and the power of secondhand memories.
...moreRuth Joffre reviews The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen today in Rumpus Books.
...moreMonday 2/6: Len Vlahos presents Life in a Fishbowl and Leah Thomas presents Nowhere Near You. 6:30 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore. Greg Palast discusses and signs The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: A Tale of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Tuesday 2/7: Greyson Bryan discusses and signs Big: Beginnings. 7 p.m. […]
...moreFor a moment, seeing the small figures walking before the elk makes me think that white people know the Great Elk too.
...moreLeland Cheuk discusses his novel The Misadventures of Sulliver Pong, dark humor, cancer, morally corrupt characters, and his mother.
...more12,000 members of the literary community/industry gathered in LA for AWP last week. Viet Thanh Nguyen considers the writer’s sometimes conflicting needs for audience, privacy, and the tribe. He writes of his own process preparing for a readership, “The constant reworking of sentence and narrative through writing short stories was my version of rubbing two sticks […]
...morePatience. Curiosity. Repetition. Looking again and again. Not imposing a story line. Letting composition emerge through pattern, rhythm, shape, sound, movement. Occasionally … you hit upon a moment of grace. You can’t plan for it. You just have to practice enough so that you’re ready when it comes. The Atlantic has compiled a list of […]
...moreLit Hub asked the seven first-time novelists shortlisted for the 2015 Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize what book inspired them to become the authors they are today. Sophie McManus says, I was ten and reading A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin when the understanding that I’d make my life with books […]
...moreAmina Guatier reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen today in Rumpus Books.
...moreAuthor Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his debut novel, The Sympathizer, new ways of looking at the Vietnam War, and how to blend important ideas with entertainment.
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