September 20, 2018
How to Write an Ideological Novel
It is a truth if not universally then at least widely acknowledged that all fiction is inherently political. In fact, today, many writers would argue that all fiction should be […]
June 19, 2018
On Aesthetics and Politics: Alisa Ganieva’s The Mountain and the Wall
There’s a facile distinction that’s often drawn between a novel’s aesthetics and its politics, one generally made by those in favor of the former over the latter, as if literature […]
January 28, 2012
Short Takes: The Eleven (Self-Addressed) Commandments
“When you can’t create you can work.” “Cement a little every day, rather than add new fertilizers.” Some words of wisdom in the writing commandments of Henry Miller. Nabokov: “I’ve […]