My Translations in The Literary Review
My translations of Russian/Ukrainian prose writer Andrei Krasnyashykh's work appear in the latest issue of The Literary Review (an international journal of contemporary writing). I…
My translations of Russian/Ukrainian prose writer Andrei Krasnyashykh's work appear in the latest issue of The Literary Review (an international journal of contemporary writing). I…
"A stone thrown into a silent lake is—the sound of your name. The light click of hooves at night —your name. Your name at my…
It is a rigidly controlled book. It came at a time in my life when I’d been in therapy and analysis for years and just…
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Nick Ripatrazone writes "On Getting Paid: Literary Magazines and Remuneration" over at The Millions. He doesn't say very many new things about making a living…
I’m most interested in the book which is completely un-sellable on the basis of a proposal or contract. One of the reasons so many nonfiction…
I've been thinking a lot about experimental genres these days, and have stumbled upon flash nonfiction. Did I invent this? I guess it's the same…
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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…
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…
"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…
"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…