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Patti Smith Interview with Jonathan Lethem

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Ravens

Writerly doubts? Sure. All the time. A few days ago I came across this Cynthia Ozick quote in The New York Times: “I think early recognition is everything. It was everything for Updike and for Roth. It gives you a … Continue reading

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Randomly Random Bits

1. The film Synecdoche, New York really messed with my head.* 2. My contributor copies of Sententia arrived over the weekend. I have yet to thoroughly dig in, but so far I’ve read Ethel Rohan’s short story “The Key” and … Continue reading

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Drive

A realization after revising my short story collection: a lot of my stories feature driving. People driving. People in cars. People going somewhere — or, more often than not, going nowhere. Is this a writerly tic? A byproduct of living … Continue reading

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Writing in the Bath

Really like this quote from a Fictionaut Five interview with Sara Lippman: “Dani Shapiro once told me that when Grace Paley was her teacher at Sarah Lawrence, Paley said she wrote in the bath. Of course, Paley didn’t mean she … Continue reading

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