March 5, 2019
The Talent Tangent
I was teaching a writing workshop not long ago when I found myself on a tangent about talent. As an aspiring writer in school, I explained, my teachers and mentors […]
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 […]
April 6, 2017
Concentration and Isolation: Edna O’Brien on the Writing Life
“Violence is her theme,” Colum McCann said of Edna O’Brien during a recent William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage event, which featured both authors in conversation. “Beauty, too.” McCann and […]