February 23, 2012

Non-Fiction

On Vonnegut, Drama, and Expectation

Derek Sivers is a musician and an entrepreneur. After attending Berklee College of Music in the 80s, Sivers ...

Fantasies Realized: Daemons Exist, Elizabeth Gilbert Inspires

Sometime in 2007, I swore that I’d rather sell my corporeal being to a riled-up Mike Huckabee than to ...

On Diane di Prima and the Rules She Broke

My roommate Amy, a heterosexual fiction writer of 35, recently lamented that all successful female authors are ...

On Disappointment

I’ve heretofore avoided this topic for reasons of politics and personal pride, but I believe it’s ...

On Wanderlust

The past week found me traveling cross-country. Snow and potholes chased our tiny white Hyundai from St. Louis ...

Reclaiming My Joy

Sometime in October, I made a promise to myself. I wanted to start writing more like a professional, so I made ...

So Catty It Should Be Illegal

The other night, after an exhausting bout of wishful conversation, someone asked me how I would react if a book ...

A Speculation on Speculation

For months, as I’ve grown increasingly obsessed with the ...

Writing Exercise: The Classic

I’m newly terrified of fiction exercises. In the three weeks since I’ve finished MFA applications, ...

The Responsibility of the American Novel: A Dialectic

Over the past week, I’ve been fortunate to be in communication with a very intelligent friend about

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