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Essays
Does James Franco Deserve to be in Ploughshares?
I should start by specifying that the experiment I set out to conduct here was undertaken in the spirit of genuine curiosity. Because, who knows? Maybe he does. It can’t be denied that the boy has a pretty face, and the aesthetically gifted have always been a tempting target for haters. In this case there [...]
Interviews
The 5 Under 35 Interview Series: Shani Boianjiu
Our final 5 Under 35 honoree is Shani Boianjiu. Shani’s novel The People of Forever Are Not Afraid is forthcoming from Crown in 2013. Though Shani lives and writes in Israel, sections of the book have already created a buzz here in the US, and will soon be published in Zoetrope and Vice. Because Shani [...]
Interviews
The 5 Under 35 Interview Series: Melinda Moustakis
Today the spotlight is on Melinda Moustakis, author of the linked short story collection Bear Down, Bear North. In graceful, lyrical prose, Moustakis delivers a brutal but gorgeous love song to the rough-and-tumble wilderness of Alaska. In the beautifully rendered world that Moustakis gives us, the beasts of the state—eagles, and bears, and hundred-pound fish—lurk [...]
Interviews
The 5 Under 35 Interview Series: Danielle Evans
Today’s conversation is with Danielle Evans, author of Before Your Suffocate Own Fool Self, a dazzling debut story collection. Evans takes us all over America and into vastly different cultures and lives—from a nearly segregated high school in the South to the dorms of a prestigious Ivy League school in New York. In prose that [...]
Interviews
The 5 Under 35 Interview Series: John Corey Whaley
Today’s 5 Under 35 honoree is John Corey Whaley, author of Where Things Come Back, the first YA novel to be selected for this award. The book’s sweeping scope tackles everything from the unrequited crushes that plague our youth, to the history of forgotten portions of the bible, to zombies. Cullen Witter is seventeen years [...]
Interviews
The 5 Under 35 Interview Series: Mary Beth Keane
Every year the National Book Foundation recognizes five writers under the age of thirty-five with exceptional promise. These five honorees are chosen by past winners of the National Book Award. The books written by this year’s five young writers are as diverse in subject and scope as they are compelling, captivating, and thought-provoking. The honorees [...]
Reviews
A Reasonable Doubt: John Milliken Thompson’s The Reservoir
The week during which I write this has been, among other things, the week of the Casey Anthony verdict. Front pages of newspapers and Facebook update statuses alike have adamantly, passionately, and consistently proclaimed a miscarriage of justice. It feels like a fitting stretch of time to be immersed in John Milliken Thompson’s The Reservoir: [...]
Essays
E-Baseball
It seems these days everyone has an opinion on the ubiquitous nature of the ebook, its effects on our culture, and the power it has to shape our experience of reading a good book. Often times the least likely candidates to espouse a given opinion or come down strongly on the matter one way or [...]
Essays
Where Have All the Starving Artists Gone?
In last week’s issue, New York Magazine did a spread of the New York City apartments where great writers and artists of the past lived while perfecting their craft. The point, it seemed from the rather humble nature of the abodes, was that the perfection of an art form often comes at the expense of [...]
Essays
The Poetry of Hops
As a young person working in the poetry industry, I’m always surprised at how, well, old the art tends to skew. While it’s true the form does demand some experience from its composers, and having a lifetime to write about no doubt helps when putting pen to paper, even audience members and enthusiasts tend to [...]
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