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The Seamy Side of MFAs
All right, here’s a hoary old subject that has been done to death: MFA programs — are they valid? The most recent incarnation of this question has been brought to you courtesy of Lionel Shriver, who tells Big Think that, despite having gone through an MFA program herself, and having had what appears to have [...]
a short sharp shock
The Elegant Variation has an interesting guest post by Marisa Silver on the short story, and its merits relative to the longer fiction narrative. I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently, as I’m finishing up one class on reading the short story and another on writing them. I once counted myself among the people [...]
Nine Billion Names of…
Okay, I don’t have quite that many. Yet. I’ll admit, I have a bit of a problem with names. I’ve had a few — given names, middle names, nicknames, and the like — over the course of a lifetime, but nothing has ever quite felt like me. And so, pretty much as soon as I [...]
Ten Rules
I’m a little late, but I’ve been meaning to make a few comments about the Guardian’s compilation of Ten Rules of Writing from a host of different authors. Sure, it’s cute to see what advice various famous authors have, and it never hurts to get a few tips on how to make this lifestyle work. [...]
Pretty Hate Machine
Dave Eggers, Wyndham Lewis and Hate. I have to share this link because it references many delightful things, from early twentieth century avant garde art to Bloomsbury bashing to a book called The Jews: Are they Human? (Though I mean really, being human is so overrated…) But my favorite part of the post was the [...]
Bottoms Up
Via Mark Sarvas, I’m getting a kick out of these Life Magazine photos of famous literary lushes. I have to say, the gallery is so big it makes you wonder if anyone in the world of letters wasn’t an addict of some sort. What do we think? Do altered states aid the imagination, or does [...]
Graceful Living
Just got back from a question and answer session with Michael Dahlie, the winner of the 2009 Hemingway Foundation/PEN award and author of A Gentleman’s Guide to Graceful Living. I have to say, I really enjoyed the session. Mr. Dahlie showed an tremendous skill for answering all the various questions about process and getting an [...]