The iconic short story writer and essayist Grace Paley died yesterday at her home in Vermont. I have long been…
"I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time." Blaise Pascal
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a…
I've just finished reading the ARC of Michael Ondaatje's extraordinary new novel Divisadero, which will be published in May. The…
I just came across this odd and wonderful little collection of video clips, taken at Ray Bradbury's home in LA…
Mamet was interviewed in Time Out New York by Joshua Rothkopf. The subject: Mamet's new book about film, Bambi vs.…
Empires fall, votes are accorded, but to those people writing in the circular room it is the feel of the…
Today, in the graduate fiction workshop I teach, we're discussing a story written by a young white woman who grew…
Here's a good interview with Claire Messud, author of The Emperor's Children, on the Kenyon Review blog. So is ambition…
"In addition to watching the rhythm of his scene--the tempo or pace--the writer pays close attention, in constructing the scene,…
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