MFA vs. NYC: A Reading List By Jacqueline Alnes Reading List Poverty and a lack of diversity are just a couple of pitfalls Jacqueline Alnes explores in this list.
For Me, With Love and Squalor By Lauren Markham Feature After publishing her first book, Lauren Markham begins the long search for what she truly wanted after writing it.
A Storyteller, Unbecoming By Namrata Poddar Feature On showing, telling, and finding one’s way as a literary writer of color.
Can a Sports-Crazed City Turn a Theater Person into a Baseball Person? By Shannon Reed Feature Shannon Reed thought she knew what kind of fan she was, until she moved back home to Pittsburgh.
Disguised in Plain Clothes, but No Superman By Chris Wiewiora Feature After a shooting at Iowa State leaves him feeling inept at protecting his students, Chris Wiewiora becomes a campus bus driver instead.
The Tears of Denis Johnson By Longreads Feature The writer showed his students and friends how to remain an artist, even when one becomes a kind of cult figure.
Taking the Slow Road: An Interview with Author Katherine Heiny By Longreads Feature 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.
