Jonathan Franzen is Not a ‘Grampaw’
I like to think I learned a thing or two as an undergraduate about writing and reading nonfiction. While I can’t say with the utmost certainty that I’ll remember all of it for the rest of my life, I...
View ArticleDidion, Truth, and Soup
If we’re going to be pals, there are three things about me with which you will need to be onboard: 1. I value practicality. I dislike performing tasks that hold no meaning or which could be performed...
View ArticleAvram Davidson: Shove Him Down Your Maw
Give me a 1958 Astounding with a hand-drawn, day-glo orange alien with overly large breasts on the cover, holding a ray gun to the heads of a couple of trembling teenagers in futuristic jumpsuits fresh...
View ArticleWhat the Writer May Hear
You’re a great writer. Your characters aren’t as three-dimensional as I’d like. Like, your details are so good! I cried. More of this. I can really relate to _____. It’s just a suggestion, but… I think...
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