Ayşe Papatya Bucak is the author of The Trojan War Museum and Other Stories. She teaches creative writing at Florida Atlantic University.
Taking cues from everyone from Don DeLillo and Toni Morrison to Roland Barthes and Carmen Maria Machado, Ayşe Papatya Bucak questions a key principle of conventional craft wisdom.
From the Archives: “Have you ever heard it said in workshop, ‘What’s at stake for this setting?'”: Ayşe Papatya Bucak with five ideas on how to characterize setting.
“We need to stop pretending the story just comes on its own and isn’t within the writer’s control.” Matthew Salesses and Ayşe Papatya Bucak talk craft, workshop, and his new book, Craft in the Real World, out now from Catapult.
“The collection takes on more and more weight as subsequent stories shift into different gears”: Ayşe Papatya Bucak reviews Lauren Groff’s new collection, Florida, out June 5 from Riverhead.
“With every fulfilled wish, the drama of the story is elevated”: Ayşe Papatya Bucak with some unconventional advice for crafting conflict.
