January 22, 2019
Accepted
Literary rejection can appear at any time, like magic. I’ve been rejected early in the morning while shivering at the bus stop. I’ve woken in the middle of the night […]
December 5, 2018
To Hell with You
I know not to get my hopes up about a short story submission while it’s still under consideration. When it comes to literary journal submissions, the competition is intense, and […]
August 15, 2017
Sentence by Sentence, Paragraph by Paragraph–On Being Edited
Over at Lit Hub I’ve been reading acclaimed editor Terry McDonell’s pieces on the nuances of editing with interest; all of the pieces are adapted from his new book The […]
July 10, 2017
Getting Weird at the Chautauqua Institution
When I made plans to teach a workshop during the first week of the Chautauqua Institution’s season this summer, I wasn’t sure how my students might respond. After all, Chautauqua […]
March 7, 2016
Against Certainty: On Contest Judging and Self-Assuredness
Writing in The New York Times Book Review in early January, Rivka Galchen elucidated her opinion on literature’s unforgivable sin. To wit: For me, the unforgivable sin in literature is […]
August 28, 2012
Short Takes: Dickinson in the Digital Age
“Mad people = people who stand alone + burn,” wrote Susan Sontag in her journals. “I’m attracted to them because they give me permission to do the same.” Read some […]