Happy (Almost) Short Story Month
by The Editors
Join us for our tenth-annual celebration of the short story, as we dedicate the month of May to short fiction.
Join us for our tenth-annual celebration of the short story, as we dedicate the month of May to short fiction.
“From the novel’s outset, Indian Horse announces itself as the story of a generation, not merely of a single individual’s life”: Steven Wingate on Richard Wagamese’s final novel.
“I don’t cater to the fiction writers in my poetry courses, yet they have taught me to acknowledge commonalities across genres. In exploring these commonalities, we better see distinctions as well.”
“What color is a heartbeat? What does a word taste like? What is the fragrance of happiness?” Julian Anderson reviews Andreas Izquierdo’s recent novel, The Happiness Bureau, translated from the German by Rachel Hildebrandt.
Every time I read this story I get a thrill, the sensation of having to hold on tight for a wild, plummeting ride, a dizzying shift in perspective, a cascade of questions that I can’t answer.
From the Archives: Dana Kletter sits down to talk with famed fiction writer Allan Gurganus. Their conversation ranges from sexuality to southernness, from his affinity for the 19th century to how reading the work of fellow writers can be a shaping force in one’s fiction, and plenty more about teaching and the craft of writing.
“Memories can open up the idea for a story, but they can just as easily shut down the imaginative journey into it”: Brad Watson on process and craft in his work.
From the Archives: Got a dreadful first novel stashed somewhere in the proverbial drawer? Take heart, dear writer. Roberto Bolaño will show you how to salvage from the wreck.
A highlight of 2018 AWP Conference panels and events featuring our recent contributors.
From the Archives: “I can only write if I have stolen something valuable that day”: Shawn Andrew Mitchell asks Jesse Ball about lies, dreams, and his novel Silence Once Begun.
