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I learned about decorative hermits on a TV show called The Worst Jobs In History, and it stuck with me until eventually I managed to wring a novel out of it. [Read more]

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As though in response to last week’s Digest post, this past week Gigantic co-editor Lincoln Michel added to Genoways, Nicorvo, and co.’s informal and ongoing discussion about literary magazines and literary fiction in his own piece at Faster Times. [Read more]

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I still remember the day I read Susan Tepper’s poem “Course” for the first time: a Saturday in January. [Read more]

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If you could re-name that Icelandic erupting volcano what would you name it?

Elmer. Nobody names anything Elmer anymore.

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The major under-current of my novel concerns the abandonment of technology, whether by choice or by force. Consciously, I’m far too dependent on digital media these days and would love, if a little more successfully than my characters, retreat a bit from being constantly connected. [

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of Rejection” by Stacey Richter

I want to write this week about the great number of people and publications interested in lit mags recently. For example: The New Yorker’s Book Bench blog has continued its weekly look at lit mags, “The Little Review.” This week, TNY takes a closer look at recent issues of N+1, Lapham’s Quarterly, and Bookforum. [

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We would love to collect more examples of good things that happened to writers because of Fictionaut. [Read more]

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Writing about writing is not the easiest task — but I tried to make the best of it. Then, luckily, I remembered how I’d always wanted to write about The Chair. The Chair! I loved that chair, or at least the idea of the chair. [Read more]

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“Sanctuary” is my number one favorite of many stories I have read so far on Fictionaut. It is a huge world in a tiny story. It is told with such stunning simplicity and impact that it still has me reeling days after I first read it. [Read more]

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Social media is not free attention. You’ll only succeed if you enjoy doing it. [Read more]

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