Author Archives: Andrew Roe

I really like this from One Story’s interview with Tom Paine…One Story: What is the best bit of advice about writing you have ever received? Tom Paine: That you can’t write a good story until you become the person who … Continue reading →

I have a new short story that was recently published by the Kenyon Review Online. There’s also audio of me reading the story, if you dare.

The sun slips into the blank sky, asserting itself like a flame sparking to life, just as the bus climbs and then descends a hill, also revealing the city spread out below. It’s a beautiful thing, coming upon this sight … Continue reading →

Last Monday I woke up with a feeling. A writerly feeling. It’s a feeling I get from time to time.  The feeling was this: I’m going to get some good writing-related news today. Now, usually (that is, 99.9 percent of … Continue reading →

When you read the sentences of a writer like Colum McCann, you can’t help but wonder: How does he do it? Does he get into some kind of trance-like state to conjure such sustained, such devastating beauty? You wonder: What … Continue reading →