For Marlon James, Being Incurious Is a Writer’s Biggest Sin
The Booker Prize-winning author on reading his way through writer's block, and why every sentence has to risk going too far
The Booker Prize-winning author on reading his way through writer's block, and why every sentence has to risk going too far
In Nyla Matuk's LEILA AND KHALED, romantic love is underscored by a longing for Palestine
“Phillip Whitney” by Anna Reeser, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature
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“Phillip Whitney” by Anna Reeser, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature
“Cabin for Four in High Sierra” flash fiction by Jae Towle Vieira, from THIRTY CABINS
“Already Gone” from THOSE WHO VANISH by Patricia Grace King, recommended by Ben Davies Crisp