Hilton Als on First Books
I think that most first books or projects that are more ambitious than magazine articles tend to be about the writer himself. The writer is…
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On Studying Poetry and Writing Prose
Here's a snippet from a recent "Brevity" blog post by Anna Vodicka that really resonated with me: The poetry class did not make me a poet. I…
My Latest Review: “Russian Dolls” Won’t Satisfy
If the guilty pleasure in watching reality TV shows is derived from the voyeuristic clips of outrageous, hair-pulling catfights and the chance to glimpse the…
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Evicting Tent City in New Orleans: Look Familiar?
About 150 homeless campers and activists affiliated with the OccupyNOLA movement were evicted from Duncan Plaza yesterday, Tuesday December 6. They had been occupying the…
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Moscow Protests: Quick Summary & Takeaways
For the last two days, Muscovites have been taking to the streets to protest the recent (and rigged) Russian parliamentary election results. They have been…
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Patrick Madden on the Essay
"The essay is a meditative form in which the author's personality is revealed not but what she has done but what what she has thought." -- Patrick…
Robert Root on Teaching
"The great thing about teaching writing is that you remind yourself of things you already knew." From Robert Root, nonfiction writer, editor, and teacher, co-author…
UPDATE: New Shelter for Homeless LGBTQ youth in NYC
This is great news: On the evening of Monday, November 7, The Ali Forney Center ...reopened a 20-bed emergency shelter in Brooklyn as a shelter…
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Voices of the Movement for LGBTQ Homeless Youth
I attended a rally on Monday of this week put on by a coalition of organizations fighting for more homeless shelters for LGBTQ young people.…
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Oscar Hijuelos on “Recovering Cubanness”
Loving this interview with novelist (and now memoirist) Oscar Hijuelos from Guernica magazine: Guernica: Could you elaborate on how your lack of spoken Spanish affected your relationship with…
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