[Reviewlet] This Will Be Difficult to Explain, by Johanna Skibsrud
For a long time, the publishing industry maintained that short story collections don’t sell. At best, they generate buzz for a forthcoming novel. But collections now defy that expectation. In part,...
View ArticleAlbert of Adelaide, by Howard L. Anderson
Two thousand years ago, a poet and mercenary named Archilochos wrote down the first known Greek beast fable, a story featuring anthropomorphized animals, and since that time western civilization has...
View Article[Reviewlet] Battleborn, by Claire Vaye Watkins
Choosing the perfect epigraph—not to be confused with an epitaph, epigram, or epithet—is an art. Chosen poorly, an epigraph can confuse, annoy, or distract the reader; done well, though, the quote or...
View ArticleLet Me Write: An Interview with Joshua Cohen
During my final semester of MFA coursework, a visiting writer, Joshua Cohen, came to town from New York. He wore circular glasses, talked fast and smart, and had read everything ever written. Or at...
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