Finding the Right Words
A writer grapples with his decision to abandon writing, flee New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, and become a passive witness to a narrative spun by nature.
Department: Feature
Writers, Interrupted
One writer's monthlong journey with her family from her home on the Gulf Coast to three different cities as she searches for a respite from the storm, meeting others along the way whose loss puts hers in perspective.
Believe It or Not
A writer who stayed in the French Quarter during and after Katrina measures the spirit of America’s oldest Bohemia before its reincarnation.
First Fiction 2010
For our tenth annual debut-fiction roundup, we found an especially innovative group of new authors—James Kaelan, Belle Boggs, Aaron Michael Morales, Michelle Hoover, and Jacob Paul—whose books are published by equally forward-thinking independent presses.
Pulse, Clock, Calendar: A Profile of C. K. Williams
C. K. Williams offers some straight talk on what's changed and what's stayed the same—about him and his work—since his poetry debut forty-one years ago.
Poets Take Action in Wake of Gulf Coast Disaster
On Tuesday the second annual United Nations World Oceans Day was observed, a date that also marked the seventh week of the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Judge and Genre: A Profile of Scott Turow
There’s more to novelist Scott Turow than a knack for compelling plotlines and a sales history that stands at more than thirty million books—and we’re not just talking about his day job as an attorney.
Home Sweet Home: A Profile of Meghan Daum
For Meghan Daum, whose memoir, Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House, is being published this month by Knopf, the search for a place to call home turned up something much more important than a permanent address.
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