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Sep 16, 2024
Recently, my friend Michael Barron emailed me with a book recommendation—Kadare’s The Palace of Dreams—and a question: was I still doing book...
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Aug 22, 2024
Recently after a literary event, I was hanging out with some other writers and a conversation about older books led to a parlor game. One of us would read the titles of bestselling...
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Aug 14, 2024
On a semi-regular basis, I interview authors about their writing processes and craft practices. You can find previous entries here. For this entry I talked to Helen Phillips,...
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Aug 6, 2024
Recently, I’ve been thinking about the market. Or rather, the author’s relationship to it. This was spurred by Christian Lorentzen’s excellent essay...
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Jul 15, 2024
If you pay attention to the literary discourse, you’ve likely been following the New York Times “The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century” list. Like all such lists,...
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May 29, 2024
Hi everyone, I’m back from a brief hiatus in which I read some good, weird books. One of them was a galley of the novel Gretel and the Great War by Adam Ehrlich...
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Apr 26, 2024
This week fellow Substacker Elle Griffin published “No one buys books,” which looks at quotes and stats from the DOJ vs. PRH (Penguin Random House) trial where the...
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Apr 23, 2024
On a semi-regular basis, I interview authors about their writing processes and new books. You can find previous entries here. Today I’m excited to be talking with Justin...
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Mar 27, 2024
When I was younger, my aspiring writer friends and I would debate “would you rathers.” Would you rather have a bestseller or win a Pulitzer? Would you rather be famous in...
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Mar 18, 2024
This week, The Atlantic published a new list of “The Great American Novels.” It’s full of both expected classics as well as both good and/or weird surprises. There...
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Mar 12, 2024
On a semi-regular basis, I interview authors about their writing processes and new books—you can find previous entries here—and this week I’m excited to publish an...
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Feb 23, 2024
Last month I wrote about how hard—though rewarding—I find writing professional book reviews. They’re tough. Also tough are those “most anticipated”...
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Feb 2, 2024
This week I taught an old favorite, The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker, which is one of those novels I believe every young writer should read for the “What the hell?...
Sep 16, 2024Recently, my friend Michael Barron emailed me with a book recommendation—Kadare’s The Palace of Dreams—and a question: was I still doing book...
Aug 22, 2024Recently after a literary event, I was hanging out with some other writers and a conversation about older books led to a parlor game. One of us would read the titles of bestselling...
Aug 14, 2024On a semi-regular basis, I interview authors about their writing processes and craft practices. You can find previous entries here. For this entry I talked to Helen Phillips,...
Jul 15, 2024If you pay attention to the literary discourse, you’ve likely been following the New York Times “The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century” list. Like all such lists,...
Apr 26, 2024This week fellow Substacker Elle Griffin published “No one buys books,” which looks at quotes and stats from the DOJ vs. PRH (Penguin Random House) trial where the...
Mar 12, 2024On a semi-regular basis, I interview authors about their writing processes and new books—you can find previous entries here—and this week I’m excited to publish an...
Feb 23, 2024Last month I wrote about how hard—though rewarding—I find writing professional book reviews. They’re tough. Also tough are those “most anticipated”...