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MFA vs. NYC: A Reading List

by Jacqueline Alnes April 18, 2019October 19, 2022

Poverty and a lack of diversity are just a couple of pitfalls Jacqueline Alnes explores in this list.

Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story

For Me, With Love and Squalor

by Lauren Markham June 6, 2018October 19, 2022

After publishing her first book, Lauren Markham begins the long search for what she truly wanted after writing it.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Storyteller, Unbecoming

by benhuberman March 8, 2018October 19, 2022

On showing, telling, and finding one’s way as a literary writer of color.

Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women, Writing

A Storyteller, Unbecoming

by Namrata Poddar March 8, 2018October 19, 2022

On showing, telling, and finding one’s way as a literary writer of color.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

Can a Sports-Crazed City Turn a Theater Person into a Baseball Person?

by Shannon Reed October 6, 2017October 19, 2022

Shannon Reed thought she knew what kind of fan she was, until she moved back home to Pittsburgh.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

Disguised in Plain Clothes, but No Superman

by Chris Wiewiora September 4, 2017October 19, 2022

After a shooting at Iowa State leaves him feeling inept at protecting his students, Chris Wiewiora becomes a campus bus driver instead.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

Disguised in Plain Clothes, but No Superman

by Chris Wiewiora September 4, 2017October 19, 2022

After a shooting at Iowa State leaves him feeling inept at protecting his students, Chris Wiewiora becomes a campus bus driver instead.

Posted inArts & Culture, Story

The Tears of Denis Johnson

by Longreads June 16, 2017October 25, 2022

The writer showed his students and friends how to remain an artist, even when one becomes a kind of cult figure.

Posted inBooks, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

Taking the Slow Road: An Interview with Author Katherine Heiny

by Longreads February 3, 2015October 19, 2022

She published a short story in The New Yorker in 1992, then seemed to all but disappear. How author Katherine Heiny took her sweet time on the path toward publishing her new story collection.

Posted inBooks, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews

Taking the Slow Road: An Interview with Author Katherine Heiny

by Longreads February 3, 2015October 19, 2022

She published a short story in The New Yorker in 1992, then seemed to all but disappear. How author Katherine Heiny took her sweet time on the path toward publishing her new story collection.

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