For the "By Heart" series in The Atlantic—in which writers write about a favorite literary passage—I wrote about a section of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations. … [Read more...]
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For the "By Heart" series in The Atlantic—in which writers write about a favorite literary passage—I wrote about a section of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations. … [Read more...]
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"The stories in Kane’s new collection are a revelation. They’re somehow solemn and mature in one turn while smiling and ennobling in another. There’s a quiet realism in them, the kind you read on your patio at twilight, the kind with a humanity that accepts how hard it is to trust people and know people and be near people but then also keeps love and fulfillment right there within grasp. It’s good to find these." The "McSweeney's Recommends" citation for This Close. … [Read more...]
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Inspired by George Packer's piece on "gender reveal" parties for The New Yorker, I wrote about "genre reveal" parties for McSweeney's. Learn how to plan your own here. … [Read more...]
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Writer David Abrams, author of Fobbit and keeper of the fine literary blog The Quivering Pen, asked me to contribute a piece to his "My First Time" series. I wrote about how my very first short story acceptance arrived. … [Read more...]
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My publisher told me this morning that This Close has gone into a second printing. I'm thrilled and so grateful to everyone at Graywolf Press for all the hard work that goes into making a book of short stories sell. … [Read more...]