george saunders
a craft essay by the one, the only, George “no bullshit” Saunders. http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/419391/george-saunders-on-story/
(let’s) burn this motherfucking system to the ground
it’s been a week. i’m not fond of November because it’s dark. the news is fucking unrelenting. and then there’s this year-long realization of conditions in the misogynistic literary landscape. i had hopes. i did. the evidence isn’t supporting my hopes. then this article came along ‘on pandering’ and it’s got me thinking: where am … Read more
ambiguity in fiction
i’ve just read an interview of Lorin Stein, editor of The Paris Review, in which he discusses three qualities of exciting short stories, or the stories he’ll publish in the magazine: a voice, a narrator with urgency a narrator who tries to persuade you he/she is telling the truth wisdom, a kind of moral authority, or an … Read more
betty
if you could read my mind, I’d tell you a thing or two about pink turtlenecks and regrets. listen up, you little shits wearing black-and-blue. life’s too short for a bruised beat. besides, that’s what you get from loving. listen up, will you? I’m so tired from writing it all down. listen up, don’t make … Read more
offline
dear imaginary readers of this blog, i’m away for a while, working. and blogging is last on my list.
bullshit
“I’ve been accused of vulgarity. I say that’s bullshit.” Mel Brooks