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Books and IdeasOctober 27, 2021
How the Hell Do We Fix the Creative Writing Workshop?
Matthew Salesses’s Craft in the Real World proposes a new way to educate young writers without the baggage of the often biased and bland MFA pedagogy.
Jennifer Schaffer
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Books and IdeasMay 24, 2021
The Roving Mind of Rachel Kushner
Her new collection of nonfiction—exploring life, death, motorcycles, land art, experimental film and much more—is exhilarating.
Jennifer Schaffer
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FictionDecember 2, 2020
Susan Taubes’s ‘Divorcing’ Asks: How Far Can the Novel Take You?
The sole book she released during her life was a work of ahead of its time in terms of style, irreverence, and experimentation.
Jennifer Schaffer
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CultureJuly 29, 2020
The Sad Sex Lives of Overeducated Millennial Malcontents
Andrew Martin’s characters in Cool For America aren’t having much fun. Instead, they are restless and self-defeating.
Jennifer Schaffer
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Books and IdeasApril 16, 2020
Ghost Stories From Our Coming Tech Dystopia
Mary South’s You Will Never Be Forgotten is set in a world that blends yesterday’s tech-induced indignities with those on the horizon.
Jennifer Schaffer