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Wide-Open Country and Romantic Dreams: An Interview with Sophfronia Scott

by Kali VanBaale

…I didn’t find that I needed to know anything about the original to still become completely absorbed in Unforgivable Love, which felt fresh and original in its characterizations and setting, and that it stands on its own legs. Was this something you were conscious of when writing it? Yes, that was important to me, to have Unforgivable Love stand on its own. With a retelling you can’t just populate the story with similar people with the same things…


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A Sense of Hauntedness: An Interview with Caitlin Mullen

by Daisy Alpert Florin

…orces itself, where some components get amplified and others strategically compressed. It’s a different part of the brain and to me, it feels like a reward for all of the days you spent facing down the blank page. All of the answers are somewhere in this world you’ve created, you just need to mine for them. Lily, one of the main characters, works in a spa and you write about the kinds of services offered to women in these spaces—waxing, dying, ble…


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How Fiction Works Discussion Review: An Introduction

by Anne Stameshkin

…g critic James Wood’s latest collection of essays, How Fiction Works. Feel free to join the conversation by commenting on our blog posts. In How Fiction Works, Wood approaches the elusive how behind craft by “ask[ing] a critic’s questions and offer[ing] a writer’s answers.” He explores such mysteries as the distinction between narrative and authorial language in order, in his own words, “to reconnect that technique to the world, as Ruskin wanted t…


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Uwem Akpan Live Web Event on Monday

by Jeremiah Chamberlin

…st literature, the time he accompanied Eileen to her temple for the Jewish New Year, and how The New Yorker ended up publishing his very first story. But above all it is a warm and generous portrait of a writer whose vision, optimism, and curiosity has the ability to inspire nearly everyone he meets. This was certainly true for her, certainly true for those of us in the program who got to know him, and will certainly be true for readers of his won…


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Owl Criticism (earlier posting)

by Charles Baxter

…the literary equivalent of Michelle Bachmann, making outrageous statements simply in order to become famous. Is it too much to ask of a reviewer that he should know what he’s talking about? That the writing be accurate and clear? To quote that unreliable critic, Ezra Pound: “You would think that anyone wanting to know about poetry would do one of two things or both. Look at it or listen to it. And if he wanted advice he would go to someone who kne…


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The Good Review

by Jeremiah Chamberlin

…out and gave us a sense of how many copies we should order, reviews in the New York Times let us know what books people would be coming in to the store to ask about (or not!) over the next several days, and publications like Harper’s, The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, and The Guardian, among others, let us know what sorts of conversations our customers would be eager to engage us in that month. I should also mention that there was a sect…


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Owl Criticism

by Charles Baxter

…the literary equivalent of Michelle Bachmann, making outrageous statements simply in order to become famous. Is it too much to ask of a reviewer that he should know what he’s talking about? That the writing be accurate and clear? To quote that unreliable critic, Ezra Pound: “You would think that anyone wanting to know about poetry would do one of two things or both. Look at it or listen to it. And if he wanted advice he would go to someone who kne…


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Bookish Gift Idea #3: Posters to encourage reading (for kids)

by Celeste Ng

…cooler versions to spruce up a book nook or bedroom. Above, the Edgar Allen Poe “READ” print is available from MonsterGallery. Or how about this lovely hand-drawn fox with a Faulkner quote, from Gayana? Image: etsy.com This cheerful giraffe from Bunch of Bees offers some reading-related wisdom: Image: etsy.com Check back every day in December for another bookish gift idea—including a roundup of prints for adults, too….


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Bookish Gift Idea #7: Retro reading posters

by Celeste Ng

…e kids to read, but what about adults? Take a peek at these amazing vintage-y reading posters. There’s the “Be Kind to Books Club” poster above, as well as several reminding you to read each month, like this one for March: Image: Art.com How great would these look over your desk–or in your library, should you be so lucky? Available—along with other historical reading posters—at Art.com. And check back every day in December for another bo…


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Dispatch from AWP 2011: An Intern-Eye View

…usion of the panel was that writers need to find ways to engage with their communities, and that the world of trans- and new media makes this much more accessible and affordable—mostly. Hunter argued that writers should do two things: make their literature enjoyable to read, and be easy to access. Smokler agreed that writers should make an effort to engage with their audience and find ways to thank them. He and the rest of the panel approve o…




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