Liam Callanan is the author of the novels The Cloud Atlas and All Saints, and chairs the English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. For more, visitliamcallanan.com. Three books he recommends are The Privileges, Jonathan Dee; Commuters, Emily Gray Tedrowe; and Sonata Mullatica, Rita Dove.
Other than the addition of photocopying and the subtraction of cigarettes, creative writing workshop formats haven’t changed much since their earliest days. Is there a better way? Writer and teacher Liam Callanan reports on his experiments, and the legend that inspired them.
Liam Callanan uncovers the alchemy behind George Garrett’s final story, “Thanksgiving.” With each new twist, Garrett creates the mystery and momentum that spur us on to “read further, hoping to discover the answer,” writes Callanan.
