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Love Triangles Are Wasted on the Young
Writer and television producer Peter Lefcourt divides his time between screenplays and novels.
Anne Flett-GiordanoOct 30, 2015
- Television
Never Be Afraid to Suck
The first piece you write that your family hates means you’ve found your voice.
Haig ChahinianOct 29, 2015
- Fiction
Puzzles, Form, Compassion, and Humor
Kate HopperOct 26, 2015
- Memoir & Essay
The Blue-Collar King: An Interview with Stephen King
Stephen King talks genre, politics, and the proletariat novelist.
Angela S. AllanOct 25, 2015
- Fiction
How to Write a Poem About Baseball
Julian Gewirtz interviews Jill Bialosky on baseball and poetry.
Julian GewirtzOct 24, 2015
- Poetry
- Sports
(Un)fictional Geographies
Jennine Capó Crucet, author of "Make Your Home Among Strangers," talks to fellow novelist Alex Espinoza.
Alex EspinozaOct 19, 2015
- Fiction
The Desert Threshold
If we view the notion of climate change from the point of view of colonial history we can see countless examples of climate change engineered as a project.
George ProchnikOct 18, 2015
- Art & Architecture
In Church in Charleston
"Black churches, regardless of how one feels about religion , have been a vital institution in the quest for Black liberation in this country."
DéLana R.A. DameronOct 16, 2015
- Cultural Studies
A Courageous Man: An Interview with John Carlos
David Davis interviews John Carlos, the 1968 Summer Olympics track athlete whose Black Power salute caused much political controversy.
David DavisOct 16, 2015
- History
- Sports
Writing Against Complacency
The Dead Ladies Project: Exiles, Expats, and Ex-Countries
Mattilda Bernstein SycamoreOct 15, 2015
- Literary Criticism
Endless Surprises: An Interview with Kurt Caswell
John Lane interviews Kurt Caswell.
John LaneOct 12, 2015
- Memoir & Essay
Dormant Superheroines
Steph Cha interviews Sarah Weinman.
Steph ChaOct 10, 2015
- Noir
Keep, Don’t Kill, Your Darlings
Laura van den Berg interviews Matthew Salesses on the difficulties with writing conflict in narrative
Laura van den BergOct 10, 2015
- Fiction
Miserablism and Resistance at the American Studies Association
Sarah Mesle interviews David Roediger about the 2015 American Studies Association conference and ASA's relationship to social action.
Sarah MesleOct 9, 2015
- Cultural Studies
Speaking with Lily Tuck About Autofiction, Narrative
With "The Double Life of Liliane," Tuck returns to playing with form, telling a fictionalized version of her own coming-of-age story.
Oct 8, 2015
- Fiction
Victoria Patterson Discusses “The Little Brother”
"I'd been following the Greg Haidl rap case and wanting to write about it for quite some time. How did the lawyers manage to get a mistrial?"
Barbara DeMarco-BarrettSep 30, 2015
- Fiction