Dan Keane was the AP’s last gringo correspondent in Bolivia and now regularly lies through his teeth about the whole experience. He grew up next to a freeway in Phoenix but claims his native Texas whenever anyone asks. The University of Michigan gave him an MFA and a Zell Postgraduate Fellowship. Now he’s writing a novel.
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.
“Nostalgia, of course, is the most powerful form of lust: portable as your memories, infinitely rechargeable, and impossible to slake.” Dan Keane reviews James Salter’s new novel, All That Is.
Dan Keane talks with J. Robert Lennon about his new book, Familiar, as well as oversharing, life online, and the perils of writing from the gut.
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.
