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“Ideally, you’re trying to get your eye as close to the text as you can.” At the 2012 Summer Literary Seminars, author Molly Antopol speaks with Graywolf Press publisher Fiona McCrae about editing and acquiring manuscripts.
George Saunders pays tribute to Grace Paley; “shut-in-chic” outfit options for the bookish introvert; the history and versatility of Hawaiian Pidgin; and other news.
Directed by James Franco, this film adaptation of John Steinbeck’s 1936 novel, In Dubious Battle, follows the lives of California fruit pickers who go on strike. The film stars Franco, Robert Duvall, Vincent D’Onofrio, Selena Gomez, and Nat Wolff.
Alec Baldwin and Kurt Anderson to write satire of Trump; Amazon opens first brick-and-mortar store on the east coast; a profile of Emmanuel Carrère; and other news.
Melissa Febos on writing through fear; editors on hate and literary platforms; new formal innovations in poetry; and other news.
“A story is made up of situations.” In this Skillshare video, Yiyun Li explains the difference between an everyday situation and a story. Li’s debut memoir, Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life (Random House, 2017), is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Last week, a new McDonald’s in Italy opened that features not only fast food, but also a preserved stretch of paved Roman road from the second century BCE—first discovered when construction for the restaurant began in 2014. Write a short story in which a new structure is being built and something surprising is excavated on the construction site. What does the discovery reveal about something previously hidden or mysterious in this geographical location? Is there a reason for the concealment? Will a conflict or debate arise over how to proceed with the unexpected unearthing?
“I think that the idea that you can separate politics out from life is the first fiction.” Claudia Rankine speaks about the confluence of writing and politics with Tony Kushner and Salman Rushdie in “The Stuff of Fiction,” a panel moderated by David Remnick, the first event in the New Yorker’s Public Forum: A Well-Ordered Nation series.
The story behind Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji’s imprisonment; a case for cultural criticism not defined by Trump; the formal advantages of graphic novels; and other news.
