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…
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Marina Tsvetaeva on Alexander Blok
"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…
Kathryn Harrison on Writing Versus Therapy
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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On Writers and “On Getting Paid”
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…
Geoff Dyer on Nonfiction Books
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…
Flash Nonfiction? My Response to Juan Villoro
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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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…
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…
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…
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