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Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngart’s latest novel, Super Sad True Love Story, signals his move out of Soviet territory and into a near-future New York City, where books have no place in a hyper-technological society....
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To MFA or Not to MFA, Behaving Like a Gentleman
To MFA or not to MFA. That is the question. —D. G. It depends on how you feel about putting off the inevitable. That’s what writing programs are for—to give young writers one or two years of...
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Staff Picks: MFA Microculture, Comfortable Middle Age
What we’ve been reading. The Cross of Redemption, James Baldwin’s uncollected prose. So absorbing I woke up thinking about it this morning, showered and shaved, and stepped back into the shower....
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Larger than News; Professional M.F.A. People
Hi Mr. Stein. I went to a talk you gave many months ago at McNally Jackson about The Paris Review. You said something that has stayed in my mind, especially now that President Obama has said that we...
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Life Outside of Academia; Ghost Stories
Who are the great American writers of today who do not hold teaching positions or B.A.s or M.F.A.s in literature? It is very frustrating to read that so and so teaches at this or that university, or...
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Do-Gooders, Good Covers
Check out Design Observer’s list of cover-design award winners. A California school library is saved by an anonymous sixty-thousand-dollar donation. An interactive Shakespeare app includes narration...
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Master Class
The packet came in the mail. My first MFA workshop would be led by Lynne Sharon Schwartz. So I did what any good writing student does: I bought and read one of her books. I remember humming along...
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Should I Get an MFA? And Other Questions from Our AMA
Earlier this week, we hosted an AMA on Reddit: all the editors clustered around Lorin’s desk, while Stephen typed, and we addressed as many queries as we could. It was fun, and exhausting, and we were...
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Train Robberies for Everyone, and Other News
Marius Amdam, The Great Train Robbery Junot Díaz on getting an MFA: “I didn’t have a great workshop experience. Not at all. In fact by the start of my second year I was like: get me the fuck out of...
View ArticleBen Lerner on The Lichtenberg Figures
“My First Time” is a video series in which we invite authors to discuss the trials of writing and publishing their first books. Consider it a chance to see how successful writers got their start, in...
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Your Best-selling Foot, and Other News
This is Brent Underwood’s foot, a more accomplished author than you or I. Writers should always have a backup plan. A good one is to consider a career in the Central Intelligence Agency, which is what...
View ArticleJeffrey Eugenides on The Virgin Suicides
Inspired by our famous Writers at Work interviews, “My First Time” is a series of short videos about how writers got their start. Created by the filmmakers Tom Bean, Casey Brooks, and Luke Poling,...
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Staff Picks: MFA Microculture, Comfortable Middle Age
What we’ve been reading. The Cross of Redemption, James Baldwin’s uncollected prose. So absorbing I woke up thinking about it this morning, showered and shaved, and stepped back into the shower....
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Larger than News; Professional M.F.A. People
Hi Mr. Stein. I went to a talk you gave many months ago at McNally Jackson about The Paris Review. You said something that has stayed in my mind, especially now that President Obama has said that we...
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Life Outside of Academia; Ghost Stories
Who are the great American writers of today who do not hold teaching positions or B.A.s or M.F.A.s in literature? It is very frustrating to read that so and so teaches at this or that university, or...
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Do-Gooders, Good Covers
Check out Design Observer’s list of cover-design award winners. A California school library is saved by an anonymous sixty-thousand-dollar donation. An interactive Shakespeare app includes narration...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Master Class
The packet came in the mail. My first MFA workshop would be led by Lynne Sharon Schwartz. So I did what any good writing student does: I bought and read one of her books. I remember humming along...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Should I Get an MFA? And Other Questions from Our AMA
Earlier this week, we hosted an AMA on Reddit: all the editors clustered around Lorin’s desk, while Stephen typed, and we addressed as many queries as we could. It was fun, and exhausting, and we were...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Train Robberies for Everyone, and Other News
Marius Amdam, The Great Train Robbery Junot Díaz on getting an MFA: “I didn’t have a great workshop experience. Not at all. In fact by the start of my second year I was like: get me the fuck out of...
View ArticleBen Lerner on The Lichtenberg Figures
“My First Time” is a video series in which we invite authors to discuss the trials of writing and publishing their first books. Consider it a chance to see how successful writers got their start, in...
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